Shloka 10

Devanagari script

नाम वै वसुषेणेति कारयामास वै द्विजै: । माधव! उन्होंने मेरे जातकर्म आदि संस्कार करवाये तथा जनार्दन! उन्होंने ही पुत्रप्रेमवश शास्त्रीय विधिसे ब्राह्मणोंद्वारा मेरा “वसुषेण” नाम रखवाया ।। भार्याश्नोढा मम प्राप्ते यौवने तत्परिग्रहात्‌

Transliteration

nāma vai vasuṣeṇeti kārayāmāsa vai dvijaiḥ | mādhava! te me jātakarma-ādi-saṃskārān kārayāmāsuḥ tathā janārdana! te eva putra-premavaśāt śāstrīya-vidhinā brāhmaṇair mama “vasuṣeṇa” nāma sthāpayāmāsuḥ || bhāryāśnūḍhā mama prāpte yauvane tat-parigrahāt |

Translation

Wahai Mādhava! Melalui para Brahmana (dvija) dialah yang menetapkan namaku, “Vasuṣeṇa”, sesuai aturan śāstra karena kasihnya sebagai ayah. Dan ketika aku mencapai masa muda, aku pun mengambil seorang istri menurut tata cara yang semestinya.

Word by Word

नामname

वैindeed/for emphasis

वसुषेणVasuṣeṇa (proper name)

इतिthus (quotative)

कारयामासcaused to be done / had (it) done

वैindeed/for emphasis

द्विजैःby the twice-born (Brahmins)

भार्याश्नोढाone who has taken/accepted a wife (married)

ममof me / my

प्राप्तेwhen (it was) attained/arrived

यौवनेin youth

तत्of that

परिग्रहात्from (the act of) taking/accepting (i.e., marriage/acceptance)

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna (Vasuṣeṇa)

Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava, Janārdana)

Brahmins (dvija, brāhmaṇa)

jātakarma-saṃskāra (birth-rite)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharma as lived through śāstric rites: identity and social legitimacy are shaped by saṃskāras (birth-rites, naming) performed according to scriptural procedure, and by the ethical force of parental affection that seeks to place a child within a recognized dharmic framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna speaks to Kṛṣṇa, recounting how his guardians arranged his Vedic sacraments and had Brahmins confer on him the name ‘Vasuṣeṇa’; he then notes that upon reaching youth he accepted a wife, continuing the expected life-course within social and ritual norms.