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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.53.17

తత్ర శాల్వో జరాసన్ధో దన్తవక్రో విదూరథ: । ఆజగ్ముశ్చైద్యపక్షీయా: పౌణ్డ్రకాద్యా: సహస్రశ: ॥ ౧౭ ॥
tatra śālvo jarāsandho
[tatra shaalvo jaraasandho]
dantavakro vidūrathaḥ
[dantavakro vidoorathah]
ājagmuś caidya-pakṣīyāḥ
[aajagmush chaidya-paksheeyaah]
pauṇḍrakādyāḥ sahasraśaḥ
[paundrakaadyaah sahasrashah]
Word-for-word
tatra — there śālvaḥ jarāsandhaḥ dantavakraḥ vidūrathaḥ — Śālva, Jarāsandha, Dantavakra and Vidūratha ājagmuḥ — came caidya — of Śiśupāla pakṣīyāḥ — taking the side pauṇḍraka — Pauṇḍraka ādyāḥ — and others sahasraśaḥ — by the thousands .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatra śālvo jarāsandho
tatra
there
śālvaḥ jarāsandhaḥ dantavakraḥ vidūrathaḥ
Śālva, Jarāsandha, Dantavakra and Vidūratha
dantavakro vidūrathaḥ
ājagmuś caidya-pakṣīyāḥ
ājagmuḥ
came
caidya
of Śiśupāla
pakṣīyāḥ
taking the side
pauṇḍrakādyāḥ sahasraśaḥ
pauṇḍraka
Pauṇḍraka
ādyāḥ
and others
sahasraśaḥ
by the thousands .
Important Words
  • śālvaḥ jarāsandhaḥ dantavakraḥ vidūrathaḥ — Śālva, Jarāsandha, Dantavakra and Vidūratha
    Four proper names. Each of these is a recurring antagonist in SB Canto 10; Jarāsandha and Dantavakra particularly. Vyāsa is naming the dramatis personae of the Dvārakā-līlā's villain-cycle, all gathered in one room.
  • caidya - pakṣīyāḥ — taking the side of Śiśupāla
    Compound: Caidya (= Śiśupāla, lord of Cedi) + pakṣīyāḥ (siding with). The kings are partisans of envy. Gauḍīya commentators treat the assembly as a kind of demonic sabhā — the asura-saṁgha that bhakti must walk through.
  • sahasraśaḥ — by the thousands
    Adverb. The number is hyperbolic and theological — sahasraśaḥ recalls BG 11.5 (paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ). Material multiplicity arrayed against the One.
Śiśupāla’s supporters — Śālva, Jarāsandha, Dantavakra and Vidūratha — all came, along with Pauṇḍraka and thousands of other kings.
Purport

Those familiar with the history of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s life will immediately recognize the names given in this text. The kings mentioned here maintained a deep animosity toward Śrī Kṛṣṇa and opposed Him in one way or another. But they were all to be frustrated and defeated on the occasion of Śiśupāla’s would-be wedding.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śiśupāla's supporters—Śālva, Jarāsandha, Dantavakra and Vidūratha—all came, along with Pauṇḍraka and thousands of other kings.
Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

They came to Kuṇḍina (tatra). “Others” means the king of Kāśī and others.

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Analogy

A pack of jackals gathers around a deer carcass, certain the meal is theirs. The Bhāgavatam will return to this image in verse 56 — but here the kings are arriving, full of confidence, not yet knowing what kind of lion lives in Dvārakā.

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