Shloka 45

Devanagari script

भ्रातृभिज्ञातिभिश्वैव सुहृद्धिः सचिवै: सह । क्षत्रियैश्व मनुष्येन्द्रैननादेशसमागतै:

Transliteration

bhrātṛbhir jñātibhiś caiva suhṛdbhiḥ sacivaiḥ saha | kṣatriyaiś ca manuṣyendrair nanādeśa-samāgataiḥ ||

Translation

അവൻ സഹോദരന്മാരോടും ബന്ധുക്കളോടും സുഹൃത്തുകളോടും മന്ത്രിമാരോടും കൂടെയായിരുന്നു; കൂടാതെ പല ദേശങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുമെത്തിയ ക്ഷത്രിയ നരേന്ദ്രന്മാർ—മനുഷ്യാധിപന്മാർ—അവിടെയുണ്ടായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

भ्रातृभिःby/with brothers

ज्ञातिभिःby/with kinsmen

चand

एवindeed/just

सुहृद्भिःby/with friends

सचिवैःby/with ministers/counsellors

सहtogether with

क्षत्रियैःby/with kshatriyas

चand

मनुष्येन्द्रैःby/with lords of men (kings)

नानादेशसमागतैःwho had come from various countries

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

brothers (bhrātṛ)

kinsmen/relatives (jñāti)

friends/well-wishers (suhṛd)

ministers/counselors (saciva)

kṣatriya rulers (kṣatriya, manuṣyendra)

various regions/countries (nanādeśa)

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 that royal decisions and events occur within a web of relationships—family, allies, and ministers—so dharma in governance is inherently public and relational: loyalty, counsel, and responsibility are shared and scrutinized by the wider polity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a scene in which a principal figure is accompanied by brothers, relatives, friends, ministers, and numerous kṣatriya kings who have gathered from many regions—signaling a major courtly or political occasion with broad attendance.