Shloka 20

Śiśupāla’s Protest Against the Arghya to Kṛṣṇa (शिशुपाल-आक्षेपः)

Devanagari script

सत्कृताश्व यथोद्दिष्टाज्जग्मुरावसथान्‌ नृपा: । कैलासशिखरप्रख्यान्‌ मनोज्ञान्‌ द्रव्यभूषितान्‌

Transliteration

satkṛtāś ca yathoddiṣṭāj jagmur āvasathān nṛpāḥ | kailāsa-śikhara-prakhyān manojñān dravya-bhūṣitān ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ସତ୍କୃତ ହୋଇ ନରେଶମାନେ, ଯେପରି ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦେଶ ମିଳିଥିଲା, ସେହି ଆବାସମାନଙ୍କୁ ଗଲେ। ସେ ଭବନମାନେ କୈଲାସ-ଶିଖର ସଦୃଶ ଉଚ୍ଚ ଓ ଭବ୍ୟ—ଦେଖିଲେ ମନୋହର, ଏବଂ ନାନାପ୍ରକାର ଦ୍ରବ୍ୟରେ ବିଭୂଷିତ।

Word by Word

• सत्कृताः: honoured, respectfully received
• सत्कृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्कृत (कृ धातु + सम्/सत् उपसर्ग; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्व: O Ashva (proper name/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• उद्दिष्टात्: from what was indicated/pointed out
• उद्दिष्टात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्दिष्ट (उद् + दिश् धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• आवसथान्: lodgings, residences
• आवसथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवसथ (आ + वस् धातु; स्थान/निवास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नृपाः: kings
• नृपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कैलास: Kailāsa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), Singular

• शिखर: peak, summit
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर
• Form: Neuter, Stem (in compound), Singular

• प्रख्यान्: resembling, like
• प्रख्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रख्य (प्र + ख्या धातु; कृदन्त/विशेषण)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मनो-ज्ञान्: pleasing to the mind, delightful
• मनो-ज्ञान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनो-ज्ञ (मनस् + ज्ञ; विशेषण)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्रव्य: wealth, valuables, materials
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: Neuter, Stem (in compound), Singular

• भूषितान्: adorned, decorated
• भूषितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूषित (भूष् धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• nṛpāḥ (kings)
• āvasatha (lodgings/residences)
• Mount Kailāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.