Mahabharata · 2.31.13–14
॥
Devanāgarī
बाह्लिकाश् चापरे शूरा राजानः सर्व एव ते ॥
विराटः सह पुत्रैश् च माचेल्लश् च महारथः ॥
राजानो राजपुत्राश् च नानाजनपदेश्वराः ॥
शिशुपालो महावीर्यः सह पुत्रेण भारत ॥
आगच्छत् पाण्डवेयस्य यज्ञं संग्रामदुर्मदः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bāhlikāś cāpare śūrā rājānaḥ sarva eva te ||
virāṭaḥ saha putraiś ca mācellaś ca mahārathaḥ ||
rājāno rājaputrāś ca nānājanapadeśvarāḥ ||
śiśupālo mahāvīryaḥ saha putreṇa bhārata ||
āgacchat pāṇḍaveyasya yajñaṃ saṃgrāmadurmadaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
बाह्लिकाश् च अपरे शूराbāhlikāś ca apare śūrāand other Bahlikas, brave,
राजानः सर्व एव तेrājānaḥ sarva eva tekings, all of them,
विराटः सह पुत्रैश् चvirāṭaḥ saha putraiś caVirata with his sons,
माचेल्लश् च महारथःmācellaś ca mahārathaḥand Machella, the great chariot-warrior,
शिशुपालो महावीर्यःśiśupālo mahāvīryaḥShishupala the greatly valiant,
सह पुत्रेण भारतsaha putreṇa bhāratawith his son, O Bharata,
आगच्छत् पाण्डवेयस्यāgacchat pāṇḍaveyasyacame to the Pandava's
यज्ञं संग्राम-दुर्मदःyajñaṃ saṃgrāma-durmadaḥsacrifice, he who is furious in battle.
चापरेcāpareoriginal form "cāpare", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजानोrājānooriginal form "rājāno", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजपुत्राश्rājaputrāśoriginal form "rājaputrāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नानाजनपदेश्वराःnānājanapadeśvarāḥoriginal form "nānājanapadeśvarāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संग्रामदुर्मदःsaṃgrāmadurmadaḥoriginal form "saṃgrāmadurmadaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
And other Bahlikas, all these brave kings, Virata with his sons, and Machella, the great chariot-warrior; and Shishupala, the greatly valiant, furious in battle, came with his son, O Bharata, to the Pandava's sacrifice.
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Special note is made of Shishupala's arrival — 'furious in battle': the one destined to fall at this very celebration now enters as a guest. It is notable that the malicious man himself comes to the place where his fate will be fulfilled: pride draws its bearer to the place of his own exposure. The verse teaches that a person often walks on his own feet toward the limit appointed for him; and fury unrestrained by humility leads its possessor not to glory but to ruin — at the appointed hour, in the appointed place, by a will higher than his own reckoning.