Shloka 13

मायासभायां दुर्योधनस्य अवमान-प्रसङ्गः

Duryodhana’s Humiliation in the Hall of Māyā

Devanagari script

एवं राजसहस््राणां पृथक्त्वेन यथाक्रमम्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ rāja-sahasrāṇāṁ pṛthaktvena yathākramam

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു— “ഇങ്ങനെ ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് രാജാക്കന്മാരെ ക്രമമായി, വേർതിരിച്ച് പരിഗണിച്ചു।”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• राजसहस्राणाम्: of thousands of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पृथक्त्वेन: by separation; separately
• पृथक्त्वेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथक्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• यथाक्रमम्: in due order; successively
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + क्रम

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• kings (rājānaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line emphasizes orderly, discriminating procedure in matters involving many rulers—suggesting that power and status should be handled with clarity, sequence, and individual accountability rather than confusion or arbitrariness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues a structured account involving numerous kings, indicating that they are being described or enumerated distinctly and in sequence, consistent with the formal, record-like tone often used in Sabha-parvan descriptions.