Shloka 10

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४० (कृष्णेन कर्णं प्रति पाण्डवबल-वैशिष्ट्यप्रदर्शनम्) / Udyoga Parva, Chapter 140

Krishna’s appraisal of Pandava advantage and war portents

Devanagari script

नाम वै वसुषेणेति कारयामास वै द्विजै: । माधव! उन्होंने मेरे जातकर्म आदि संस्कार करवाये तथा जनार्दन! उन्होंने ही पुत्रप्रेमवश शास्त्रीय विधिसे ब्राह्मणोंद्वारा मेरा “वसुषेण” नाम रखवाया ।।

Transliteration

nāma vai vasuṣeṇeti kārayāmāsa vai dvijaiḥ | mādhava! te me jātakarma-ādi-saṃskārān kārayāmāsuḥ tathā janārdana! te eva putra-premavaśāt śāstrīya-vidhinā brāhmaṇair mama “vasuṣeṇa” nāma sthāpayāmāsuḥ || bhāryāśnūḍhā mama prāpte yauvane tat-parigrahāt |

Translation

মাধব! তিনি আমার জাতকর্মাদি সংস্কার করিয়েছিলেন; আর জনার্দন! পুত্রস্নেহে শাস্ত্রবিধি অনুসারে দ্বিজদের দ্বারা আমার নাম ‘বসুষেণ’ স্থাপন করিয়েছিলেন। পরে যৌবনে উপনীত হলে বিধিমতে আমি পত্নী গ্রহণ করি।

Word by Word

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वसुषेण: Vasuṣeṇa (proper name)
• वसुषेण: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुषेण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• कारयामास: caused to be done / had (it) done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic perfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• वै: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• द्विजैः: by the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भार्याश्नोढा: one who has taken/accepted a wife (married)
• भार्याश्नोढा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भार्या-अश्नोढा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• प्राप्ते: when (it was) attained/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यौवने: in youth
• यौवने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तत्: of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• परिग्रहात्: from (the act of) taking/accepting (i.e., marriage/acceptance)
• परिग्रहात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna (Vasuṣeṇa)
• Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava, Janārdana)
• Brahmins (dvija, brāhmaṇa)
• jātakarma-saṃskāra (birth-rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharma as lived through śāstric rites: identity and social legitimacy are shaped by saṃskāras (birth-rites, naming) performed according to scriptural procedure, and by the ethical force of parental affection that seeks to place a child within a recognized dharmic framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna speaks to Kṛṣṇa, recounting how his guardians arranged his Vedic sacraments and had Brahmins confer on him the name ‘Vasuṣeṇa’; he then notes that upon reaching youth he accepted a wife, continuing the expected life-course within social and ritual norms.