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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.36.21

తతో ముష్టికచాణూరశలతోశలకాదికాన్ । అమాత్యాన్ హస్తిపాంశ్చైవ సమాహూయాహ భోజరాట్ ॥ ౨౧ ॥
tato muṣṭika-cāṇūra
[tato mushtika-chaanoora]
śala-tośalakādikān
[shala-toshalakaadikaan]
amātyān hastipāṁś caiva
[amaatyaan hastipaamsh chaiva]
samāhūyāha bhoja-rāṭ
[samaahooyaaha bhoja-raat]
tataḥ — then muṣṭika - cāṇūra - śala - tośalaka - ādikān — Muṣṭika, Cāṇūra, Śala, Tośala and others amātyān — his ministers hasti - pān — his elephant-keepers ca eva — also samāhūya — calling together āha — spoke bhoja - rāṭ — the King of the Bhojas .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tato muṣṭika-cāṇūra
tataḥ
then
muṣṭika - cāṇūra - śala - tośalaka - ādikān
Muṣṭika, Cāṇūra, Śala, Tośala and others
śala-tośalakādikān
amātyān hastipāṁś caiva
amātyān
his ministers
hasti - pān
his elephant-keepers
ca eva
also
samāhūyāha bhoja-rāṭ
samāhūya
calling together
āha
spoke
bhoja - rāṭ
the King of the Bhojas .
  • muṣṭika - cāṇūra - śala - tośalaka - ādikān — Muṣṭika, Cāṇūra, Śala, Tośala, and others
    The four named wrestlers and their company. Muṣṭika (the fist-fighter) and Cāṇūra (Kaṁsa's champion) will die at Balarāma's and Kṛṣṇa's hands in SB 10.43–44; the list here is a hit-list in reverse.
  • amātyān — his ministers
    Sabhā-courtiers. Mathurā's apparatus of state is named in plural — Kaṁsa rules by committee, but his committee is about to be obsolesced.
  • hasti - pān — elephant-keepers
    Hastin (elephant) + pā (keeper). The mahā-mātras of Kuvalayāpīḍa, the elephant Kṛṣṇa will kill at the arena's gate (SB 10.43).
  • bhoja - rāṭ — King of the Bhojas
    Kaṁsa's tribal title. The Bhojas were the Yadu clan-subgroup he ruled; the Bhāgavatam continually contrasts the bhoja-rāṭ with the eventual yadu-pati (Kṛṣṇa).
The King of the Bhojas next called for his ministers, headed by Muṣṭika, Cāṇūra, Śala and Tośala, and also for his elephant-keepers. The King addressed them as follows.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The King of the Bhojas next called for his ministers, headed by Muṣṭika, Cāṇūra, Śala and Tośala, and also for his elephant-keepers. The King addressed them as follows.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Kaṁsa called for his ministers with respect (sam—āhūya) and then engaged them.

Concepts
Jiva

He calls in his cabinet — wrestlers, ministers, the elephant-keeper — the way a man assembles tools for a job already lost. Each name in this verse is a name the Bhāgavatam will spend pleasure rolling up in subsequent chapters.

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