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

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അഡ്ജോഷരിഷ്ടൻ, വേനൻ, ദുഷ്പന്തൻ; സൃജജയൻ, ജയൻ; ഭാജാസുരി, സുനീഥൻ; പിന്നെ നിഷധൻ, വഹീനരൻ—ഇവർ എല്ലാവരും രാജവംശപരമ്പരയിൽ എണ്ണപ്പെടുന്നവർ.

Word by Word

अड्जोषःAḍjoṣa (proper name)

अरिष्टःAriṣṭa (proper name)

श्नवेनःŚnaven(a) (proper name; uncertain reading)

अश्वःAśva (proper name / 'horse')

दुष्पन्तःDuṣpanta (proper name; cf. Duṣyanta)

सृजजयःSṛjajaya (proper name; uncertain reading)

जयःJaya (proper name / 'victory')

भाजासुरिःBhājāsuri (proper name; uncertain reading)

सुनीथःSunītha (proper name)

अश्वःAśva (proper name / 'horse')

निषधःNiṣadha (proper name)

अथand/then

वहीनरःVahīnara (proper name; uncertain reading)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Aḍjoṣariṣṭa

Śna

Vena

Duṣpanta

Sṛjajaya

Jaya

Bhājāsuri

Sunītha

Niṣadha

Vahīnara

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 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.