Shloka 14

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

अशोको नाम राजाभूनन्‍्महावीर्योडपराजित: । तस्मादवरजो यस्तु राजन्नश्वपति: स्मृत:

Transliteration

aśoko nāma rājābhūn mahāvīryo 'parājitaḥ | tasmād avarajo yas tu rājan aśvapatiḥ smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

‘അശോക’ എന്ന പേരിൽ ഒരു രാജാവ് ഉണ്ടായി—മഹാവീര്യവാനും അപരാജിതനും. രാജാവേ! അവന്റെ ഇളയ സഹോദരൻ ‘അശ്വപതി’ എന്ന പേരിൽ സ്മരിക്കപ്പെട്ടു.

Word by Word

• अशोकः: Ashoka (name)
• अशोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महावीर्यः: of great prowess
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपराजितः: unconquered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपराजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: from him/therefrom
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अवरजः: younger brother
• अवरजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवरज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अश्वपतिः: Ashvapati (name; lord of horses)
• अश्वपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्मृतः: is remembered/called
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Aśoka (king)
• Aśvapati (younger brother of Aśoka)
• Janamejaya (implied addressee by rājan in the frame narrative)