Shloka 10

Bhīṣma–Śiśupāla-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma and Shishupala’s exchange in the assembly

Devanagari script

भुक्तमेतेन बद्धन्नं क्रीडता नगमूर्थनि । इति ते भीष्म शृण्वाना: परे विस्मयमागता:

Transliteration

bhuktam etena baddhānnaṁ krīḍatā nagamūrdhani | iti te bhīṣma śṛṇvānāḥ pare vismayam āgatāḥ ||

Translation

シシュパーラは言った。「ビーシュマよ。人は言う、クリシュナは山の頂で戯れながら、用意された食をただ一人で大量に平らげた、と。汝の口からそのような言葉を聞けば、他の者はさぞ驚いたであろう——だが私は違う。」

Word by Word

• भुक्तम्: eaten
• भुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: क्त, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एतेन: by this (one)
• एतेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• बद्धम्: bound/packed
• बद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध्
• Form: क्त, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• क्रीडता: while playing / by (him) playing
• क्रीडता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• नगमूर्धनि: on the mountain-top
• नगमूर्धनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग-मूर्धन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• इति: thus (quoting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भीष्म: O Bhishma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शृण्वानाः: hearing
• शृण्वानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परे: others
• परे: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विस्मयम्: astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आगताः: came/entered (into)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शिशुपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śiśupāla
• Bhīṣma
• Kṛṣṇa
• Govardhana (mountain)
• mountain summit (naga-mūrdhan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how pride and hostility can make a person dismiss even widely attested accounts; ethical discernment requires humility and fairness, especially in public judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the royal assembly, Śiśupāla mocks Bhīṣma’s praise of Kṛṣṇa by citing a reported feat—Kṛṣṇa eating much food while playing on a mountain summit—and claims that only others would be amazed, not him.