Shloka 5

Śiśupāla’s Protest Against the Arghya to Kṛṣṇa (शिशुपाल-आक्षेपः)

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट्रश्न भीष्मश्न विदुरश्चन महामति:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca bhīṣmaś ca viduraś ca mahāmatiḥ, rājāno rājaputrāś ca nānā-janapadeśvarāḥ |

Translation

ધૃતરાષ્ટ્ર, ભીષ્મ અને મહામતિ વિદુર— તેમજ અનેક જનપદોના રાજાઓ, રાજપુત્રો અને વિવિધ દેશોના અધિપતિઓ— સૌ ત્યાં એકત્ર થયા।

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीष्मः: Bhīṣma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महामतिः: the great-minded (one)
• महामतिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजपुत्राः: princes (sons of kings)
• राजपुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• जनपद: in the realms/countries
• जनपद: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनपद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• ईश्वराः: lords/rulers
• ईश्वराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīṣma
• Vidura
• kings (rājānaḥ)
• princes (rājaputrāḥ)
• various realms/kingdoms (nānā-janapada)