Shloka 17

सेनासमागमः — The Convergence of Armies

Devanagari script

कृतवर्मा च हार्दिक्यो भोजान्धकुकुरै: सह

Transliteration

kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyo bhojāndhakukurāiḥ saha

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Критаварма, сын Хридики, также прибыл вместе с бходжами, андхаками и кукурaми — знак того, что собираются роды, связанные с ядавами; их верность и союзы обретут нравственную тяжесть в надвигающемся столкновении.

Word by Word

• कृतवर्मा: Kritavarman
• कृतवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• हार्दिक्यः: the son of Hṛdīka (Hardikya)
• हार्दिक्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हार्दिक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भोज: with the Bhojas
• भोज: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अन्धक: with the Andhakas
• अन्धक: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कुकुरैः: with the Kukuras
• कुकुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुकुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kṛtavarmā
• Hṛdīka
• Bhojas
• Andhakas
• Kukuras

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how collective identity—clan, lineage, and alliance—shapes moral responsibility in times of political crisis; who joins whom is not merely strategic but ethically consequential in the Mahābhārata’s dharma-centered narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator lists participants assembling: Kṛtavarmā arrives accompanied by the Bhoja, Andhaka, and Kukura groups, indicating the mobilization and alignment of Yādava-associated forces within the broader pre-war developments of the Udyoga Parva.