Shloka 136

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

Devanagari script

राजसू[यं क्रतुश्रेष्ठं चिन्‍्तयामास कौरव: । भरतकुलभूषण! महाराज! ऐसा कहकर दुर्योधनने कर्णको छातीसे लगा लिया और क्रतुश्रेष्ठ रजसूयका चिन्तन करने लगा

Transliteration

rājasūyaṃ kratuśreṣṭhaṃ cintayāmāsa kauravaḥ | bharatakula-bhūṣaṇa mahārāja iti bruvan duryodhanaḥ karṇaṃ vakṣasā pariṣvajya rājasūya-kratuśreṣṭhaṃ punaś cintayāmāsa |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: The Kaurava (Duryodhana), after speaking thus, embraced Karṇa to his chest and began to brood again on the Rājasūya—the foremost of royal sacrifices.

Word by Word

• राजसूयम्: the Rājasūya (sacrifice)
• राजसूयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रतुश्रेष्ठम्: the best of sacrifices
• क्रतुश्रेष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रतुश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चिन्तयामास: he thought/pondered
• चिन्तयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कौरवः: the Kaurava (Duryodhana)
• कौरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duryodhana
• Karṇa
• Rājasūya (sacrifice)
• Kaurava
• Bharata lineage