Shloka 12

Śiśupāla-janma-lakṣaṇaṃ (Śiśupāla’s birth marks and the prophecy of his end)

Devanagari script

विप्लुता चास्य भद्रं ते बुद्धिर्बुद्धमतां वर । चेदिराजस्य कौन्तेय सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम्‌

Transliteration

vaishampāyana uvāca |

viplutā cāsya bhadraṃ te buddhir buddhimatāṃ vara |

cedirājasya kaunteya sarveṣāṃ ca mahīkṣitām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Chúc phúc cho ngài, bậc trí giả tối thượng, hỡi con của Kuntī. Hẳn nhiên trí hiểu của vua Cedi này—và của tất cả các bậc quân vương—đã bị đảo lộn, rối loạn.”

Word by Word

• विप्लुता: overturned, deranged
• विप्लुता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्लुत (वि+प्लु धातु से निष्पन्न विशेषण)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्य: of him/this (of this one)
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (अस्मद्-प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भद्रम्: welfare, good fortune
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you / your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Singular

• बुद्धिः: intellect, understanding
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बुद्धमताम्: of the intelligent (people)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धमत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वर: best, excellent (O best)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• चेदिराजस्य: of the king of Cedi
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेदिराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• महीक्षिताम्: of the kings (earth-protectors)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीक्षित्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Kaunteya)
• Śiśupāla (Cedirāja, king of Cedi)
• Cedi
• other kings (mahīkṣit)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sound judgment is essential in dharmic governance; when pride, envy, or factionalism overwhelms reason, even kings lose discernment and act against propriety in the royal assembly.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the context of Yudhiṣṭhira’s royal assembly, Vaiśampāyana remarks that Śiśupāla (king of Cedi) and the gathered rulers have had their judgment disturbed—an observation that frames their ensuing words and conduct as morally and intellectually misguided.