Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवं स सूतपुत्रत्वं जगामामितविक्रम: । वसुषेण इति ख्यातो वृष इत्येव च प्रभु:,इस प्रकार वह अमितपराक्रमी एवं सामर्थ्यशाली बालक सूतपुत्र बन गया। लोकमें “वसुषेण” और “वृष” इन दो नामोंसे उसकी प्रसिद्धि हुई

Transliteration

evaṁ sa sūtaputratvaṁ jagāmāmitavikramaḥ | vasuṣeṇa iti khyāto vṛṣa ityeva ca prabhuḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: So kam jener Knabe von unermesslicher Tapferkeit dazu, als Sohn eines Wagenlenkers zu gelten. In der Welt wurde er unter zwei Namen berühmt—Vasuṣeṇa und auch Vṛṣa—als Zeichen seiner Stärke und gebietenden Erscheinung.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

सःhe

सूतपुत्रत्वम्the state of being a charioteer’s son

जगामwent, came to (became)

अमितविक्रमःof immeasurable prowess

वसुषेणःVasuṣeṇa (proper name)

इतिthus, as (called)

ख्यातःknown, famed

वृषःVṛṣa (proper name; ‘bull’)

इतिthus, as (called)

एवindeed, only

चand

प्रभुःthe lord, the mighty one

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vasuṣeṇa

Vṛṣa

sūta (charioteer class)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the tension between intrinsic merit and socially assigned identity: a person of great valor may still be labeled by birth or circumstance, and public fame often follows names and categories rather than inner worth.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that the extraordinarily powerful boy came to be accepted as a sūta’s son and became widely known by the names Vasuṣeṇa and Vṛṣa.