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सुशर्मा (suzarmA)

 
पुराणम्
English
सुशर्मा १ / SUŚARMĀ I. King of trigarta deśa. The following information about him is gathered from mahābhārata.(i) suśarman, son of vṛddhakṣema attended Draupadī's wedding. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 9).(ii) Once he incited duryodhana to attack matsya, the virāṭa King. Accordingly duryodhana attacked the virāṭa city and suśarman aided him in the battle. (virāṭa Parva, Chapter 30).(iii) In the battle that followed the lifting of the cows of the virāṭa King by the kauravas, suśarman took the virāṭa King as captive. (virāṭa Parva, Chapter 33, Verse 7).(iv) In the battle that followed the above incident bhīma caught suśarman as prisoner. (virāṭa Parva, Chapter 33, Verse 25).(v) At the instance of yudhiṣṭhira bhīma set suśarman free. (virāṭa Parva, Chapter 33, Verse 58)(vi) suśarman fought against the pāṇḍavas and on the first day of the great war he fought a duel with cekitāna. (bhīṣma parva, Chapter 45, Verse 60).(vii) arjuna defeated suśarman. (bhīṣma parva, Chapter 82, Verse 1).(viii) He fought with arjuna, bhīma and dhṛṣṭadyumna. (bhīṣma parva, Chapter 114
droṇa parva, Chapter 14).(ix) He vowed that he would kill arjuna. (droṇa Parva, Chapter 17, Verse 11).(x) When Droṇācārya was killed, he ran away from the battle-field. (droṇa parva, Chapter 193, Verse 18).(xi) arjuna killed suśarman. (śalya Parva, Chapter 27, Verse 45).(xii) Names like Prasthalādhipa, rukmaratha, Traigarta and trigarta are used as synonyms of Suśārman.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
सुशर्म्मा, [न्]
पुं,
 राजविशेषः । इति पुराणम् ॥
निन्दितब्राह्मणविशेषः । यथा, --“सुशर्म्मा नाम को देव किं जातीयः किमात्मकःकुतस्तस्य च वै मुक्तिः केन वा यत्र हेतुना ॥
श्रीभागवानुवाच ।सुशर्म्मा नाम दुर्म्मेधाः सीमा पापात्मनामभूत् ।अनाम्नायविदां वंशे विप्राणां क्रूरकर्म्मणाम् ॥
”इति पाद्योत्तरखण्डे ८० अध्यायः ॥
सु + शॄ गि हिंसे + “अन्येभ्योऽपि दृश्यन्ते ।”३ । २ । ७५ । इति मनिन् ।) सुशृणाति यः ।इति मुग्धबोधटीकायां दुर्गादासः ॥
शोभनसुख-विशिष्टे, त्रि ॥