Shloka 10

अम्बा-शाल्वसंवादः | Amba’s Appeal to Śālva and His Refusal

Devanagari script

राजानश्न समाहूता: पृथिव्यां भरतर्षभ । अम्बा ज्येष्ठाभवत्‌ तासामम्बिका त्वथ मध्यमा

Transliteration

rājānaḥ samāhūtāḥ pṛthivyāṃ bharatarṣabha | ambā jyeṣṭhābhavat tāsām ambikā tv atha madhyamā ||

Translation

భరతశ్రేష్ఠా! ఆ ముగ్గురు రాజకన్యల స్వయంవరానికి భూమండలమంతటినుండి రాజులందరినీ ఆహ్వానించారు. వారిలో అంబా పెద్దది, అంబిక మధ్యమది.

Word by Word

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• समाहूताः: invited/summoned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वा (आह्वा)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अम्बा: Amba
• अम्बा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्येष्ठा: eldest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तासाम्: of them (of those women)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• अम्बिका: Ambika
• अम्बिका: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अथ: then/and now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• मध्यमा: middle (the second)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bharatarṣabha (addressed listener, traditionally Dhṛtarāṣṭra in Udyoga Parva narration)
• Ambā
• Ambikā
• Pṛthivī (the earth/world)
• Rājānaḥ (kings)