Shloka 18

युधिष्ठिरकृष्णसंवादः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Appeal and Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 59

Devanagari script

स्वथां पूजां च रक्षोभिर्जनस्थाने प्रणाशिताम्‌

Transliteration

svathāṁ pūjāṁ ca rakṣobhir janasthāne praṇāśitām

Translation

قال نارادا: «وهناك، في جانَسْثَانَة (Janasthāna)، دمّر الرّاكشاسا (rākṣasas) شعائر العبادة التي كانت قد أُعِدّت على وجهها».

Word by Word

• स्वथाम्: Sītā (Svathā)
• स्वथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पूजाम्: worship, honoring
• पूजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• रक्षोभिः: by the rākṣasas/demons
• रक्षोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• जनस्थाने: in Janasthāna
• जनस्थाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनस्थान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रणाशिताम्: destroyed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• rākṣasas
• Janasthāna
• pūjā (worship/rites)