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Shloka 9

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

न हि सम्बुध्यते यावत्‌ सुप्त: सिंह इवाच्युत: । तेन सिंहीकरोत्येतान्‌ नृसिंहश्नेदिपुड्रवः

na hi sambudhyate yāvat suptaḥ siṁha ivācyutaḥ | tena siṁhīkaroty etān nṛsiṁhaś cedipuṅgavaḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Chừng nào Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa), như sư tử đang ngủ, còn chưa thức dậy, thì bọn này—như lũ chó phồng lên vì giận—cứ gào ầm bên cạnh sư tử. Nhưng khi Ngài trỗi dậy, sẵn sàng trừng phạt, tiếng ồn ấy sẽ chấm dứt. Thế mà ‘con bò mộng’ của dòng Cedi, Nṛsiṃha Śiśupāla, đã mất sự phân biệt, lại toan ‘biến lũ chó này thành sư tử’—xúi các vua lao vào con đường diệt vong, tự chuốc lấy cái chết.”

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
सम्बुध्यतेawakens/comes to awareness
सम्बुध्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + बुध्
FormLat, Atmanepada, 3, singular, Kartari
यावत्as long as/until
यावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत्
सुप्तःsleeping
सुप्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुप्त
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
सिंहःlion
सिंहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसिंह
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अच्युतःAcyuta (Krishna)
अच्युतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअच्युत
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तेनby him/therefore
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, instrumental, singular
सिंहीकरोतिmakes (them) lions / lionizes
सिंहीकरोति:
TypeVerb
Rootसिंही + कृ
FormLat, Parasmaipada, 3, singular, Kartari
एतान्these (men)
एतान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
नृसिंहःNṛsiṃha (man-lion; epithet/name)
नृसिंहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनृसिंह
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
चेदिपुड्रवःbest of the Cedis (Cedi-ornament/leader)
चेदिपुड्रवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचेदि + पुंड्रव
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
A
Acyuta (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
Ś
Śiśupāla
C
Cedi (Cedi kingdom/lineage)
L
Lion (siṁha) as metaphor

Educational Q&A

Arrogant provocation thrives only while true authority remains restrained; when power awakens to uphold order, reckless speech and mob-like bravado collapse. The verse warns that anger and loss of discernment can incite others toward self-destruction.

During the royal assembly context, Śiśupāla and others are loudly challenging and insulting Kṛṣṇa. Vaiśaṃpāyana frames Kṛṣṇa as a ‘sleeping lion’: the uproar continues only until Kṛṣṇa chooses to act, while Śiśupāla, blinded by rage, is emboldening the gathered kings into a dangerous confrontation.