Shloka 15

मायासभायां दुर्योधनस्य अवमान-प्रसङ्गः

Duryodhana’s Humiliation in the Hall of Māyā

Devanagari script

ततश्रैदिपुरं प्राप्तौ संकर्षणजनार्दनौ | यादवौ यादवीं द्र॒ष्टं स्‍्वसारं तौ पितुस्तदा,द्वारका्में यही समाचार सुनकर महाबली बलराम और श्रीकृष्ण दोनों यदुवंशी वीर अपनी बुआसे मिलनेके लिये उस समय चेदिराज्यकी राजधानीमें गये

Transliteration

tataś caidipuraṃ prāptau saṅkarṣaṇajanārdanau | yādavau yādavīṃ draṣṭuṃ svasāraṃ tau pituḥ tadā ||

Translation

Dijo Bhīṣma: Entonces, al oír la noticia, los poderosos yādavas Saṅkarṣaṇa (Balarāma) y Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) partieron y llegaron a la ciudad del país de Cedi. En aquel tiempo fueron allí para ver a su tía paterna, la dama yādava, hermana de su padre.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

चेदिपुरम्to the city of Cedi (capital)

प्राप्तौhaving arrived

संकर्षणजनार्दनौSankarshana (Balarama) and Janardana (Krishna)

यादवौthe two Yadavas

यादवीम्the Yadavi woman (their paternal aunt)

द्रष्टुम्to see

स्वसारम्sister (here: paternal aunt, father's sister)

तौthose two

पितुःof (their) father

तदाat that time

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Saṅkarṣaṇa (Balarāma)

Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Yādavas

Cedi (Caidī)

Cedi capital city (Caidipura)

paternal aunt (father’s sister; a Yādava lady)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kula-dharma (duty toward family): even powerful leaders like Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa honor kinship obligations by visiting their paternal aunt, showing respect and maintaining familial bonds amid broader political events.

What is happening in the narrative?

After receiving certain news, Balarāma (Saṅkarṣaṇa) and Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) travel to the Cedi capital (Caidipura) specifically to meet their father’s sister, described as a Yadava woman.