Shloka 13

Rāmopākhyāna—Rāma–Sītā Origins and the Opening of Rāvaṇa’s Genealogy

Devanagari script

एवमुक्‍्त्वा महाराज कर्णमाश्लिष्य भारत

Transliteration

evam uktvā mahārāja karṇam āśliṣya bhārata

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Having spoken thus, O great king, he embraced Karṇa, O descendant of Bharata.”

Word by Word

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

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• कर्णम्: Karna (as object)
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• आश्लिष्य: having embraced
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्लिष्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Karṇa
• Bhārata (dynastic epithet)