Shloka 17

सेनासमागमः — The Convergence of Armies

Devanagari script

कृतवर्मा च हार्दिक्यो भोजान्धकुकुरै: सह

Transliteration

kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyo bhojāndhakukurāiḥ saha

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana nói: Kṛtavarmā, con trai của Hṛdīka, cũng đến cùng các bộ tộc Bhoja, Andhaka và Kukura—báo hiệu sự tụ hội của những chi phái gắn với dòng Yādava, nơi lòng trung thành và các mối liên minh sẽ mang sức nặng đạo lý trong cuộc xung đột đang dần mở ra.

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.