Shloka 246

Karṇa’s advance against the Pāṇḍava host; Arjuna’s clash with the Saṃśaptakas (कर्णस्य पाण्डवसेनाप्रवेशः—अर्जुनस्य संशप्तकसंप्रहारः)

Devanagari script

महदैश्वर्यमिच्छन्तस्त्रिपुरं दुर्गमाश्रिता: । वे सब-के-सब मांसभक्षी और अत्यन्त अभिमानी थे। पूर्वकालमें देवताओंने उनके साथ बहुत छल-कपट किया था। अतः वे महान ऐश्वर्यकी इच्छा रखते हुए त्रिपुर-दुर्गके आश्रयमें आये थे

Transliteration

mahadaiśvaryam icchantas tripuraṃ durgam āśritāḥ |

Translation

Duryodhana sprach: «In Sehnsucht nach großer Herrschaft nahmen sie Zuflucht in der uneinnehmbaren Festung Tripura.»

Word by Word

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ऐश्वर्यम्: sovereignty, lordship, power
• ऐश्वर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इच्छन्तः: desiring
• इच्छन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रिपुरम्: Tripura (the threefold city/fortress)
• त्रिपुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दुर्गम्: hard to access, impregnable
• दुर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्ग
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रिताः: having taken refuge in, resorted to
• आश्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Tripura (fortress/stronghold)