Shloka 6

Nārada’s Account of the Kaliṅga Svayaṃvara: Duryodhana’s Seizure and Karṇa’s Escort

Devanagari script

शिशुपालो जरासंधो भीष्मको वक्र एव च | कपोतरोमा नीलश्न रुक्मी च दृढविक्रम:

Transliteration

śiśupālo jarāsandho bhīṣmako vakra eva ca | kapotaromā nīlaś ca rukmī ca dṛḍhavikramaḥ ||

Translation

နာရဒက ပြောသည်— “ရှిశုပာလ (Śiśupāla)၊ ဇရာသန္ဓ (Jarāsandha)၊ ဘီṣမက (Bhīṣmaka) နှင့် ဝက္ရ (Vakra)၊ ကပိုးတရိုးမာ (Kapotaromā)၊ နီလ (Nīla) နှင့် သတ္တိခိုင်မာသော ရုက္မီ (Rukmī) တို့—ဤတို့သည် အင်အားကြီးသော မင်းများအနက် အမည်ဖော်ပြခံရသူများ ဖြစ်ကြ၏။”

Word by Word

• शिशुपालः: Shishupala
• शिशुपालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशुपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जरासन्धः: Jarasandha
• जरासन्धः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरासन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीष्मकः: Bhishmaka
• भीष्मकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वक्रः: Vakra (a king/person named Vakra)
• वक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कपोतरोमा: Kapotaroman (one whose hair is like a pigeon’s)
• कपोतरोमा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपोतरोमन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नीलः: Nila (a person named Nila)
• नीलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रुक्मी: Rukmi
• रुक्मी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दृढविक्रमः: firm/steadfast in valor; of strong prowess
• दृढविक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śiśupāla
• Jarāsandha
• Bhīṣmaka
• Vakra
• Kapotaromā
• Nīla
• Rukmī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

By enumerating renowned and formidable kings, the passage underscores that worldly power is abundant and contested; therefore one must rely on dharma—ethical judgment and right policy—rather than mere strength when assessing allies, enemies, and rightful action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is listing prominent rulers/warriors—Śiśupāla, Jarāsandha, Bhīṣmaka, Vakra, Kapotaromā, Nīla, and the steadfastly valiant Rukmī—within a broader discussion where such names serve to situate the political-moral landscape.