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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.75.12

యదుసృఞ్జయకామ్బోజకురుకేకయకోశలా: । కమ్పయన్తో భువం సైన్యైర్యజమానపుర:సరా: ॥ ౧౨ ॥
yadu-sṛñjaya-kāmboja-
[yadu-srinjaya-kaamboja-]
kuru-kekaya-kośalāḥ
[kuru-kekaya-koshalaah]
kampayanto bhuvaṁ sainyair
[kampayanto bhuvam sainyair]
yayamāna-puraḥ-sarāḥ
[yayamaana-purah-saraah]
yadu - sṛñjaya - kāmboja — the Yadus, Sṛñjayas and Kāmbojas kuru - kekaya - kośalāḥ — the Kurus, Kekayas and Kośalas kampayantaḥ — making tremble bhuvam — the earth sainyaiḥ — with their armies yajamāna — the performer of the sacrifice (Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira) puraḥ - sarāḥ — placing in their front .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yadu-sṛñjaya-kāmboja-
yadu - sṛñjaya - kāmboja
the Yadus, Sṛñjayas and Kāmbojas
kuru-kekaya-kośalāḥ
kuru - kekaya - kośalāḥ
the Kurus, Kekayas and Kośalas
kampayantaḥ
making tremble
kampayanto bhuvaṁ sainyair
bhuvam
the earth
sainyaiḥ
with their armies
yayamāna-puraḥ-sarāḥ
yajamāna
the performer of the sacrifice (Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira)
puraḥ - sarāḥ
placing in their front .
  • yadu-sṛñjaya-kāmboja — the Yadus, Sṛñjayas and Kāmbojas
    Triple compound listing three clans. The Yadus are Kṛṣṇa's own. Their presence inside Yudhiṣṭhira's army is sambandha made visible.
  • kuru-kekaya-kośalāḥ — the Kurus, Kekayas and Kośalas
    Three more clans. Kuru includes both Pāṇḍava and Kaurava lines — the kṣatra that will fight itself at Kurukṣetra is here united in procession.
  • kampayantaḥ-bhuvam — making the earth tremble
    Causative participle + accusative. The earth's tremor anticipates Bhū-devī's later petition for relief. Gauḍīyas read this physical detail as theological foreshadowing.
  • yajamāna — the performer of the sacrifice
    From √yaj. Yudhiṣṭhira's primary identity in this chapter is not 'emperor' but 'sacrificer' — one who offers, including offering his own emperorhood.
The massed armies of the Yadus, Sṛñjayas, Kāmbojas, Kurus, Kekayas and Kośalas made the earth tremble as they followed Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, the performer of the sacrifice, in procession.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The massed armies of the Yadus, Sṛṣjayas, Kāmbojas, Kurus, Kekayas and Kośalas made the earth tremble as they followed Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, the performer of the sacrifice, in procession.
Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The kings are described. Kāmbhoja refers to King Sudakṣiṇa and others. Though many others were present, these are mentioned because of relationships of friendship, or because they increased the strength of the army, or they were the best.

Related values
Discriminative WisdomSeva (Service / Selfless Action)Tyaga (Renunciation / Letting Go)Dana (Charity / Generosity)Bhakti (Devotion)Guru Bhakti (Reverence for Teacher)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)Ahimsa (Non-violence / Compassion)Maitri (Friendship / Goodwill)Karuna (Kindness / Compassion)
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Concepts
Jiva

When earth trembles under massed armies, ordinarily it is fear. Here it is celebration — the same force that will, in a few years, break the same earth in Mahābhārata war. Kṛṣṇa is using the festival to gather what He will later thin.

Kṛṣṇa's bhū-bhāra-haraṇa

The Bhāgavatam states (and verse 39 of this very chapter will echo) that one of Kṛṣṇa's reasons for descending is to relieve the earth of her burden of arrogant kṣatriyas. The Rājasūya gathers all those armies in one place — Yadus, Sṛñjayas, Kāmbojas, Kurus, Kekayas, Kośalas.

The celebration is also a census. Gauḍīyas read the chapter with both eyes open: Yudhiṣṭhira's joy is real; Kṛṣṇa's larger plan is also real.

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