Shloka 9
अध्याय १४६ — निशायां सात्यकिदुर्योधनयुद्धम् / Chapter 146 — Night Battle: Sātyaki and Duryodhana; Śakuni’s Encirclement of Arjuna
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु देवकस्य महात्मन: । दुहितुः स्वयंवरे राजन् सर्वक्षत्रसमागमे,राजन्! इसी समय महात्मा देवककी पुत्री देवकीके स्वयंवरमें सम्पूर्ण क्षत्रिय एकत्र हुए थे
etasminneva kāle tu devakasya mahātmanaḥ | duhituḥ svayaṃvare rājan sarvakṣatrasamāgame ||
Sañjaya berkata: Pada waktu itulah juga, wahai Raja, ketika semua putera raja Kṣatriya telah berhimpun, berlangsunglah svayaṃvara Devakī—puteri kepada Devaka yang berhati luhur.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Kṣatriya social-ethical framework in which marriage is a public, polity-shaping event: a svayaṃvara convenes the warrior-elite, linking personal choice with dynastic alliance and public legitimacy.
Sañjaya situates the timeline by noting that, at that same moment, Devakī’s svayaṃvara—hosted by her father Devaka—was taking place, drawing together Kṣatriya rulers and princes in a single grand assembly.