Shloka 20
Śiśupāla’s Protest Against the Arghya to Kṛṣṇa (शिशुपाल-आक्षेपः)
सत्कृताश्व यथोद्दिष्टाज्जग्मुरावसथान् नृपा: । कैलासशिखरप्रख्यान् मनोज्ञान् द्रव्यभूषितान्
satkṛtāś ca yathoddiṣṭāj jagmur āvasathān nṛpāḥ | kailāsa-śikhara-prakhyān manojñān dravya-bhūṣitān ||
वैशंपायन म्हणाले—सत्कार होऊन ते नरेश, जसे त्यांना सांगितले होते, तसे आपल्या निवासस्थानी गेले. ती भवनें कैलासशिखरांसारखी उंच व भव्य होती—दृष्टीस मनोहर आणि नानाविध द्रव्यांनी विभूषित.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic ideal of proper reception: honoring guests—especially visiting rulers—and providing fitting accommodation is a mark of righteous kingship and orderly governance.
After being respectfully welcomed, the assembled kings proceed to the residences allotted to them; the lodgings are described as grand and richly decorated, likened to the heights of Mount Kailāsa.