Shloka 20

अम्बोपाख्याने तापसानां विचारः तथा होत्रवाहनस्य उपदेशः

Ambā among ascetics; Hotravāhana directs her to Paraśurāma

Devanagari script

एवं बहुविधैर्वाक्यैर्याच्यमानस्तया नृपः । नाश्रददथच्छाल्वपति: कन्यायां भरतर्षभ,भरतभूषण! इस तरह नाना प्रकारके वचनोंद्वारा बार-बार याचना करनेपर भी शाल्वराजने उस कन्याकी बातोंपर विश्वास नहीं किया

Transliteration

evaṁ bahuvidhair vākyair yācyamānas tayā nṛpaḥ | nāśraddadhac chālvapatiḥ kanyāyāṁ bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: O Stier unter den Bhāratas, obgleich sie ihn wieder und wieder mit mancherlei Worten anflehte, schenkte der Herr von Śālva den Worten der Jungfrau keinen Glauben.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• बहु-विधैः: by many kinds (of)
• बहु-विधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वाक्यैः: by words/speeches
• वाक्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• याच्यमानः: being entreated/begged
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच्
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (sense)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अश्रद्दधत्: did not believe
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रद्-धा
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अथ: then/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• शाल्व-पतिः: the lord/king of the Śālvas
• शाल्व-पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल्वपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कन्यायाम्: in/with regard to the maiden
• कन्यायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भरत-ऋषभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरत-भूषण: O ornament of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतभूषण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Shalva (king of Shalva)
• the maiden (kanyā)
• Bharatas (as a lineage epithet)