Shloka 27

Sabhā-praveśa, Dāna, and the Courtly Convergence (सभा-प्रवेशः दानं च)

Devanagari script

सुकर्मा चेकितानश्व पुरुश्चामित्रकर्शन: । केतुमान्‌ वसुदानश्च वैदेहो&थ कृतक्षण:

Transliteration

sukarmā cekitānaśva puruścāmitrakarśanaḥ | ketumān vasudānaśca vaideho ’tha kṛtakṣaṇaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Cũng có Sukarmā, Cekitānaśva và Puru—lừng danh là kẻ nghiền nát quân thù; lại có Ketumān và Vasudāna; rồi đến vương tử Videha là Kṛtakṣaṇa.”

Word by Word

सुकर्माSukarmā (one of good deeds/name)

चand

एकितानश्वःEkitānāśva (name)

पुरुःPuru (name)

चand

अमित्रकर्शनःAmitrakarṣaṇa (enemy-subduer/name)

केतुमान्Ketumān (bannered/name)

वसुदानःVasudāna (giver of wealth/name)

चand

वैदेहःVaideha (man of Videha/name)

अथthen/and also

कृतक्षणःKṛtakṣaṇa (one who has made/used the moment; name)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sukarmā

Cekitānaśva

Puru

Ketumān

Vasudāna

Videha

Kṛtakṣaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Though primarily a catalogue of names, the verse highlights how large political enterprises are sustained by networks of rulers and reputations; ethical accountability in epic narrative is not isolated to one hero but shared across allied leaders who lend support to contested power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues enumerating prominent kings/warriors present or aligned in the Sabha Parva context, naming Sukarmā, Cekitānaśva, Puru (called ‘amitrakarśana’), Ketumān, Vasudāna, and the Videha prince Kṛtakṣaṇa as part of the assembled or referenced political-military landscape.