Shloka 2

कर्णप्रवेशः—रङ्गे द्वन्द्वयुद्धप्रस्तावः तथा अङ्गराज्याभिषेकः

Karna’s Entry, Duel Proposal, and Consecration as King of Aṅga

Devanagari script

तापसा ऊचु हित्वा राज्यं च राष्ट्र च स महात्मा महायशा: । अस्मिन्‌ स्थाने तपस्तप्त्वा तापसाउ्शरणं गत:,तपस्वी बोले--महान्‌ यशस्वी महात्मा राजा पाण्डु अपना राज्य तथा राष्ट्र छोड़कर इस स्थानपर तपस्या करते हुए तपस्वी मुनियोंकी शरणमें रहते थे

Transliteration

tāpasā ūcuḥ hitvā rājyaṃ ca rāṣṭraṃ ca sa mahātmā mahāyaśāḥ | asmin sthāne tapastaptvā tāpasāśaraṇaṃ gataḥ ||

Translation

The ascetics said: “That great-souled, highly renowned one—having renounced both his kingship and his realm—performed austerities in this very place and lived here under the protection and guidance of the forest sages.”

Word by Word

तापसाःascetics

ऊचुःsaid

हित्वाhaving abandoned

राज्यम्kingdom

चand

राष्ट्रम्realm/territory

चand

सःhe

महात्माgreat-souled one

महायशाःof great fame

अस्मिन्in this

स्थानेplace

तपःausterity/penance

तप्त्वाhaving performed (austerity)

तापसानाम्of the ascetics

शरणम्refuge

गतःgone; having resorted to

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

tāpasāḥ (ascetics)

Pāṇḍu

asmin sthāne (this place/forest hermitage site)

rājya (kingship)

rāṣṭra (realm/kingdom)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes