Shloka 16

कर्णस्य सेनापत्याभिषेकः | Karṇa’s Consecration as Commander-in-Chief

Devanagari script

अनूपवासी नीलकश्न व्याप्रदत्तश्न॒ वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

anūpavāsī nīlakaśna vyāpradattaś ca vīryavān

Translation

Sañjaya said: Among them was Anūpavāsī, and also Nīlakaśna—along with Vyāpradatta, a man of great valor.

Word by Word

• अनूपवासी: dwelling in the marshy/riverine region
• अनूपवासी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनूपवासी (अनूप + वासिन्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नीलकण्ठः: Nīlakaṇṭha (lit. blue-throated; a proper name/epithet)
• नीलकण्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीलकण्ठ (नील + कण्ठ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्याप्रदत्तः: bestowed/assigned (to a task); given forth
• व्याप्रदत्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप्रदत्त (वि + आ + √प्रदा/√दा + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीर्यवान्: powerful, valorous
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• अनूपवासी (Anūpavāsī)
• नीलकश्न (Nīlakaśna)
• व्याप्रदत्त (Vyāpradatta)