महाभारत · 2.42.8–9
॥
देवनागरी
क्रीडतो भोजराजन्यान् एष रैवतके गिरौ ॥
हत्वा बद्ध्वा च तान् सर्वान् उपायात् स्वपुरं पुरा ॥
अश्वमेधे हयं मेध्यम् उत्सृष्टं रक्षिभिर् वृतम् ॥
पितुर् मे यज्ञविघ्नार्थम् अहरत् पापनिश्चयः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
krīḍato bhojarājanyān eṣa raivatake girau ||
hatvā baddhvā ca tān sarvān upāyāt svapuraṃ purā ||
aśvamedhe hayaṃ medhyam utsṛṣṭaṃ rakṣibhir vṛtam ||
pitur me yajñavighnārtham aharat pāpaniścayaḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
क्रीडतो भोज-राजन्यान्krīḍato bhoja-rājanyān"[the princes] of the Bhoja line, playing,
एष रैवतके गिरौeṣa raivatake girauthis one on Mount Raivataka,
हत्वा बद्ध्वा च तान् सर्वान्hatvā baddhvā ca tān sarvānhaving slain and bound them all,
उपायात् स्वपुरं पुराupāyāt svapuraṃ purāwent off to his own city once before;
अश्वमेधे हयं मेध्यम्aśvamedhe hayaṃ medhyamthe sacrificial horse, at the ashvamedha
उत्सृष्टं रक्षिभिर् वृतम्utsṛṣṭaṃ rakṣibhir vṛtamreleased, surrounded by guards,
पितुर् मे यज्ञ-विघ्न-अर्थंpitur me yajña-vighna-arthaṃ[from] my father, to hinder the sacrifice,
अहरत् पाप-निश्चयःaharat pāpa-niścayaḥdrove it off [he], the malicious one."
भोजराजन्यान्bhojarājanyānoriginal form "bhojarājanyān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यज्ञविघ्नार्थम्yajñavighnārthamoriginal form "yajñavighnārtham", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पापनिश्चयःpāpaniścayaḥoriginal form "pāpaniścayaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
"This one, once, on Mount Raivataka, slew and bound all the playing princes of the Bhoja line and went off to his own city. And he, the malicious one, drove off the sacrificial horse — released at the ashvamedha, surrounded by guards — from my father, to hinder the sacrifice."
संस्करण
d18136506ea3 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 3:49:21 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Among the catalogue of crimes stands out, in particular, the attempt "to hinder the sacrifice." It is telling that Shishupala's enmity aims above all at the sacred: to steal the sacrificial horse is to strike at the worship of God itself. The verse teaches that the malice of the impious is not content with wronging men, but rises up against the Lord's own work; and whoever hates the Supreme comes to hate every act of service to Him as well. Thus already in Shishupala's past one sees the root of his present insolence: then he wrecked the sacrifice, and now he has come to break the Rajasuya. The enemy of the sacred is constant in his enmity — it is no accident, but the very substance of who he is.