Shloka 7

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं बहुविधैर्वाक्यैर्याच्यमान: स तु द्विज: । कर्णेन भरतश्रेष्ठ नान्यं वरमयाचत,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--भरतश्रेष्ठ) इस प्रकार बहुत-सी बातें कहकर कर्णके प्रार्थना करनेपर भी उन ब्राह्मणदेवने दूसरा कोई वर नहीं माँगा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca evaṃ bahuvidhair vākyair yācyamānaḥ sa tu dvijaḥ | karṇena bharataśreṣṭha nānyaṃ varam ayācata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Though entreated in many different ways with many words by Karṇa, O best of the Bharatas, that brāhmaṇa asked for no other boon. The scene underscores a stern, single-minded insistence on one chosen request, resisting persuasion and alternative offers.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

बहुविधैःby many kinds (of)

वाक्यैःwords, statements

याच्यमानःbeing requested/begged

सःhe

तुbut, however

द्विजःthe brahmin (twice-born)

कर्णेनby Karṇa

भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas

नnot

अन्यम्another

वरम्boon

अयाचतasked (for)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Karṇa

dvija (brāhmaṇa)

Bharataśreṣṭha (address to Janamejaya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness in intention and the ethical weight of a chosen request: even when offered alternatives and persuaded with many arguments, the petitioner remains fixed on a single boon, implying deliberateness, resolve, and the seriousness of asking and granting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Karṇa repeatedly tries to dissuade or redirect the brāhmaṇa by speaking in many ways, yet the brāhmaṇa refuses to ask for any different boon and persists with the same demand.