Shloka 24

कुन्तीगर्भगोपनम् तथा मञ्जूषाप्रवाहः

Kuntī’s concealed childbirth and the river-borne casket

Devanagari script

तां मायां विकृतां दृष्टवा दशग्रीवस्य रक्षस:

Transliteration

tāṃ māyāṃ vikṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā daśagrīvasya rakṣasaḥ

Translation

قال ماركاندييا: لما رأى الرَّكشَسَةُ تلك المايا المشوَّهة الخادعة، المنسوبة إلى دَشَغْرِيفا (رافَنا)، أُخذوا بقدرتها الغريبة المروِّعة—وهي واقعة تُبرز أن الأدهرما تقوم على الوهم، وأن الإدراك يُستَمال ويُحرَّف إذا غُيِّب التمييز واعتراه الغبش.

Word by Word

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मायाम्: illusion, magical deception
• मायाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विकृताम्: distorted, altered, unnatural
• विकृताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकृत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• दशग्रीवस्य: of Daśagrīva (the ten-necked one, Rāvaṇa)
• दशग्रीवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशग्रीव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रक्षसः: the rākṣasa, demon
• रक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)
• दशग्रीव (Daśagrīva/Rāvaṇa)
• रक्षसः (rākṣasas)
• माया (māyā)