bhÄ«á¹£mo droṇo 'mbikÄ-putro
gÄndhÄrÄ« sa-sutÄ tathÄ
sa-dÄrÄḥ pÄṇá¸avÄḥ kuntÄ«
sañjayo viduraḥ kṛpaḥ
kuntÄ«bhojo virÄá¹aÅ› ca
bhÄ«á¹£mako nagnajin mahÄn
purujid drupadaḥ śalyo
dhṛṣá¹aketuḥ sa kÄÅ›i-rÄá¹
damaghoá¹£o viÅ›ÄlÄká¹£o
maithilo madra-kekayau
yudhÄmanyuḥ suÅ›armÄ ca
sa-sutÄ bÄhlikÄdayaḥ
rÄjÄno ye ca rÄjendra
yudhiá¹£á¹hiram anuvratÄḥ
śrī-niketaṠvapuḥ śaureḥ
sa-strÄ«kaá¹ vÄ«ká¹£ya vismitÄḥ
bhÄ«á¹£maḥ droṇaḥ ambikÄ-putraḥ - BhÄ«sma, Droṇa and the son of AmbikÄ (Dhá¹›tarÄá¹£á¹ra); gÄndhÄrÄ« - GÄndhÄrÄ«; sa - together with; sutÄḥ - her sons; tathÄ - also; sa-dÄrÄḥ - with their wives; pÄṇá¸avÄḥ - the sons of PÄṇá¸u; kuntÄ« - KuntÄ«; sañjayaḥ viduraḥ ká¹›paḥ - Sañjaya, Vidura and Ká¹›pa; kuntÄ«bhojaḥ virÄá¹aḥ ca - KuntÄ«bhoja and VirÄá¹a; bhÄ«á¹£makaḥ - BhÄ«smaka; nagnajit - Nagnajit; mahÄn - the great; purujit drupadaḥ Å›alyaḥ - Purujit, Drupada and Åšalya; dhṛṣá¹aketuḥ - Dhṛṣá¹aketu; saḥ - he; kÄÅ›i-rÄá¹ - the King of KÄsi; damaghoá¹£aḥ viÅ›ÄlÄká¹£aḥ - Damaghoá¹£a and ViÅ›ÄlÄká¹£a; maithilaḥ - the King of MithilÄ; madra-kekayau - the kings of Madra and Kekaya; yudhÄmanyuḥ suÅ›armÄ ca - YudhÄmanyu and SuÅ›armÄ; sa-sutÄḥ - with their sons; bÄhlika-Ädayaḥ - BÄhlika and others; rÄjÄnaḥ - kings; ye - who; ca - and; rÄja-indra - O best of kings (ParÄ«ká¹£it); yudhiá¹£á¹hiram - MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira; anuvratÄḥ - following; Å›rÄ« - of opulence and beauty; niketam - the abode; vapuḥ - the personal form; Å›aureḥ - of Lord Kṛṣṇa; sa-stṛīkam - along with His wives; vÄ«ká¹£ya - seeing; vismitÄḥ - amazed.
All the royalty present, including BhÄ«á¹£ma, Droṇa, Dhá¹›tarÄá¹£á¹ra, GÄndhÄrÄ« and her sons, the PÄṇá¸avas and their wives, KuntÄ«, Sañjaya, Vidura, Ká¹›pÄcÄrya, KuntÄ«bhoja, VirÄá¹a, BhÄ«á¹£maka, the great Nagnajit, Purujit, Drupada, Åšalya, Dhṛṣá¹aketu, KÄÅ›irÄja, Damaghoá¹£a, ViÅ›ÄlÄká¹£a, Maithila, Madra, Kekaya, YudhÄmanyu, SuÅ›armÄ, BÄhlika with his associates and their sons, and the many other kings subservient to MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira — 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.
According to ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ«, all these kings were now followers of Yudhiá¹£á¹hira because he had subjugated each of them to earn the privilege of performing the RÄjasÅ«ya sacrifice. The Vedic injunctions state that a ká¹£atriya who wants to execute the RÄjasÅ«ya 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 ká¹£atriya or his representatives in battle.
