Shishupala said O descendant of Kuru, when so many illustrious kings are present here, this man of the Vrishni race does not deserve a royal worship like a king.

Your this conduct in willfully making this lotus-eyed hero worshipped by the Pandavas is not worthy of the illustrious Pandavas.

O sons of Pandu, you are children; you do now know what Dharma is, for it (the ways of Dharma) is very subtle. This son of the river (Bhishma) has but little knowledge, and therefore he has transgressed the Smriti (rules of morality).

O Bhishma, if a man like you, possessing virtue and morality, acts from motives of pleasing others, he (surely) becomes worthy of censure among all the honest and wise men.

How does this man of the Dasarha race, who is not a king, deserve to be worshipped among these kings that you have worshipped him?

O foremost man of the Puru race, if you consider him to be the eldest, why, here is Vasudeva. How can his son be worshipped before him?

If you consider him your well-wisher and supporter, why, when Drupada is here, how can he get the (first) worship?

O descendant of Kuru, if you consider Krishna your preceptor, when Drona is here, how have you worshipped the Vrishni prince?

O descendant of Kuru, if you consider Krishna as the Ritvija, when old Dvaipayana is here, how have you worshipped Krishna?

O king, when that best of men, the son of Shantanu, old Bhishma, who can die only at his will, is here, why have you worshipped Krishna?

O king, O descendant of Kuru, when the hero Ashvathama who is learned in every branch of knowledge is here, why has Krishna been worshipped by you.

When that best of men, that king of kings, Duryodhana, and also that preceptor of the Kuru race, Kripa, are present here, why Krishna has been worshipped?

Passing over the preceptor of the Kimpurushas, he (Krishna) has been worshipped by you. When the invincible Bhishmaka, auspicious marked king of Paundrya.

That best of kings, Rukmi, and Ekalavya, and the king of the Madras, Shalya, are present, why Krishna has been worshipped?

O descendant of Bharata, this greatly powerful hero whose prowess is the pride amongst all kings, who is the favourite disciple of the son of the Brahmana Jamadagni, the hero who defeated all the kings by his prowess alone, that Karna being present here, passing over him, why Krishna has been worshipped?

O best of the Kuru race, the slayer of Madhu (Krishna) is neither a sacrificial priest, nor a preceptor, nor a king, why have you worshipped Krishna with the motive of pleasing others?

O descendant of Bharata, if it was your intention to offer the first worship to the slayer of Madhu, why were these kings brought here to be insulted?

We have not paid tribute to the illustrious son of Kunti out of fear of temptation (the desire of gain) or conciliation:

We have paid him tribute only because he was desirous of obtaining the imperial dignity from the motive of virtue. He it is who is now insulting us.

What else could be your motive, except that of insult, that in the midst of this assembly of kings, you have worshipped Krishna, who does not possess the insignia of royalty, with the Arghya?

The tile of "virtuous" achieved by the son of Dharma (Yudhishthira), has been obtained without any cause. Who will offer such unworthy worship to one who has failed from religion?

This wretch, born in the Vrishni race, formerly most unrighteously killed the illustrious king Jarasandha.

Righteousness has today left Yudhishthira, and his meanness only has been displayed by his offering the Arghya to Krishna.

O Janardana, if the helpless sons of Kunti are frightened, and if they have become mean for their asceticism, you ought to have enlightened them as to your claim to the first worship.

O Janardana, why did you accept the worship of which you are not worthy, although it was offered to you by these mean-minded princes?

You (surely) think much of the worship so unworthy of freed to you, as a dog (joyfully) licks in solitude a quantity of Ghee which he has obtained.

OJanardana, this is no insult to the kings, but it is you whom the Kurus have insulted.

O slayer of Madhu, as a wife is to an impotent man and a beautiful sight to a blind man, so is this worship to you who are not a king (at all).

What (sort of man) Yudhishthira is, it has been (well) seen today; what (sort of man) Bhishma is, it has (also) been seen: what (sort of man) Vasudeva is, it has been also seen. all these men have been seen as they (really) are.

Vaishampayana said Having said this, Shishupala rose from the excellent seat (on which he was seated). He then went out of the assembly accompanied by the kings.