Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.82.23-26

bhīṣmo droṇo 'mbikā-putro

gāndhārī sa-sutā tathā

sa-dārāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kuntī

sañjayo viduraḥ kṛpaḥ

kuntībhojo virāṭaś ca

bhīṣmako nagnajin mahān

purujid drupadaḥ śalyo

dhṛṣṭaketuḥ sa kāśi-rāṭ

damaghoṣo viśālākṣo

maithilo madra-kekayau

yudhāmanyuḥ suśarmā ca

sa-sutā bāhlikādayaḥ

rājāno ye ca rājendra

yudhiṣṭhiram anuvratāḥ

śrī-niketaḿ vapuḥ śaureḥ

sa-strīkaḿ vīkṣya vismitāḥ

SYNONYMS

bhīṣmaḥ droṇaḥ ambikā-putraḥ — Bhīsma, Droṇa and the son of Ambikā (Dhṛtarāṣṭra); gāndhārī — Gāndhārī; sa — together with; sutāḥ — her sons; tathā — also; sa-dārāḥ — with their wives; pāṇḍavāḥ — the sons of Pāṇḍu; kuntī — Kuntī; sañjayaḥ viduraḥ kṛpaḥ — Sañjaya, Vidura and Kṛpa; kuntībhojaḥ virāṭaḥ ca — Kuntībhoja and Virāṭa; bhīṣmakaḥ — Bhīsmaka; nagnajit — Nagnajit; mahān — the great; purujit drupadaḥ śalyaḥ — Purujit, Drupada and Śalya; dhṛṣṭaketuḥ — Dhṛṣṭaketu; saḥ — he; kāśi-rāṭ — the King of Kāsi; damaghoṣaḥ viśālākṣaḥ — Damaghoṣa and Viśālākṣa; maithilaḥ — the King of Mithilā; madra-kekayau — the kings of Madra and Kekaya; yudhāmanyuḥ suśarmā ca — Yudhāmanyu and Suśarmā; sa-sutāḥ — with their sons; bāhlika-ādayaḥ — Bāhlika and others; rājānaḥ — kings; ye — who; ca — and; rāja-indra — O best of kings (Parīkṣit); yudhiṣṭhiram — Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira; anuvratāḥ — following; śrī — of opulence and beauty; niketam — the abode; vapuḥ — the personal form; śaureḥ — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; sa-stṛīkam — along with His wives; vīkṣya — seeing; vismitāḥ — amazed.

TRANSLATION

All the royalty present, including Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Gāndhārī and her sons, the Pāṇḍavas and their wives, Kuntī, Sañjaya, Vidura, Kṛpācārya, Kuntībhoja, Virāṭa, Bhīṣmaka, the great Nagnajit, Purujit, Drupada, Śalya, Dhṛṣṭaketu, Kāśirāja, Damaghoṣa, Viśālākṣa, Maithila, Madra, Kekaya, Yudhāmanyu, Suśarmā, Bāhlika with his associates and their sons, and the many other kings subservient to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira — all of them, O best of kings, were simply amazed to see the transcendental form of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the abode of all opulence and beauty, standing before them with His consorts.

PURPORT

All these kings were now followers of Yudhiṣṭhira because he had subjugated each of them to earn the privilege of performing the Rājasūya sacrifice. The Vedic injunctions state that a kṣatriya who wants to execute the Rājasūya for elevation to heaven must first send out a "victory horse" to roam freely; any other king whose territory this horse enters must either voluntarily submit or face the kṣatriya or his representatives in battle.

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