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Shloka 17

सेनासमागमः — The Convergence of Armies

कृतवर्मा च हार्दिक्यो भोजान्धकुकुरै: सह

kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyo bhojāndhakukurāiḥ saha

វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយថា ក្រឹតវರ್ಮា កូនប្រុសរបស់ហ្រឹទិកៈ ក៏បានមកជាមួយពួកភោជៈ អន្ធកៈ និងកុកុរៈផងដែរ—ជាសញ្ញានៃការប្រមូលផ្តុំរបស់វង្សយាទវៈដែលមានសម្ព័ន្ធភាពជាប់ពាក់ព័ន្ធ ហើយភាពស្មោះត្រង់និងសម្ព័ន្ធមិត្តរបស់ពួកគេនឹងមានទម្ងន់ធម៌ក្នុងសង្គ្រាមដែលកំពុងរំកិលមក។

कृतवर्माKritavarman
कृतवर्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृतवर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हार्दिक्यःthe son of Hṛdīka (Hardikya)
हार्दिक्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहार्दिक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भोजwith the Bhojas
भोज:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभोज (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अन्धकwith the Andhakas
अन्धक:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
कुकुरैःwith the Kukuras
कुकुरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकुकुर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
सहtogether with
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
K
Kṛtavarmā
H
Hṛdīka
B
Bhojas
A
Andhakas
K
Kukuras

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how collective identity—clan, lineage, and alliance—shapes moral responsibility in times of political crisis; who joins whom is not merely strategic but ethically consequential in the Mahābhārata’s dharma-centered narrative.

The narrator lists participants assembling: Kṛtavarmā arrives accompanied by the Bhoja, Andhaka, and Kukura groups, indicating the mobilization and alignment of Yādava-associated forces within the broader pre-war developments of the Udyoga Parva.