Shloka 15

यमसभावर्णनम् (Yamasabhā-varṇanam) — Nārada’s Description of Dharmarāja’s Assembly

Devanagari script

अड्जोषरिष्ट श्न वेनश्व दुष्पन्त: सृजजयो जय: । भाज़ासुरि: सुनीथश्व निषधो5थ वहीनर:

Transliteration

Aḍjoṣariṣṭaḥ śna venaś ca duṣpantaḥ sṛjajayo jayaḥ | Bhājāsuriḥ sunīthaś ca niṣadho 'tha vahīnaraḥ ||

Translation

ನಾರದನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಅಡ್ಜೋಷರಿಷ್ಟ, ವೇನ, ದುಷ್ಪಂತ; ಸೃಜಜಯ ಮತ್ತು ಜಯ; ಭಾಜಾಸುರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸುನೀತ; ನಂತರ ನಿಷಧ ಮತ್ತು ವಹೀನರ—ಇವರೆಲ್ಲ ರಾಜವಂಶ ಪರಂಪರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧರು.

Word by Word

• अड्जोषः: Aḍjoṣa (proper name)
• अड्जोषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अड्जोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अरिष्टः: Ariṣṭa (proper name)
• अरिष्टः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्नवेनः: Śnaven(a) (proper name; uncertain reading)
• श्नवेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्नवेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वः: Aśva (proper name / 'horse')
• अश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुष्पन्तः: Duṣpanta (proper name; cf. Duṣyanta)
• दुष्पन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्पन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सृजजयः: Sṛjajaya (proper name; uncertain reading)
• सृजजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृजजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जयः: Jaya (proper name / 'victory')
• जयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भाजासुरिः: Bhājāsuri (proper name; uncertain reading)
• भाजासुरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाजासुरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुनीथः: Sunītha (proper name)
• सुनीथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुनीथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वः: Aśva (proper name / 'horse')
• अश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निषधः: Niṣadha (proper name)
• निषधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: and/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• वहीनरः: Vahīnara (proper name; uncertain reading)
• वहीनरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वहीनर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Aḍjoṣariṣṭa
• Śna
• Vena
• Duṣpanta
• Sṛjajaya
• Jaya
• Bhājāsuri
• Sunītha
• Niṣadha
• Vahīnara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reinforces the Mahābhārata’s view that rulership is embedded in lineage and accountability: kings are remembered as part of a chain of predecessors, and their conduct is evaluated against inherited standards of rājadharma (royal duty).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is reciting a sequence of names—an ancestral/royal genealogy—continuing a catalog of rulers and descendants to locate later events and characters within a recognized dynastic framework.