Shloka 18

Ghaṭotkaca Slays Alāyudha (Night Battle and Māyā Countermeasures) / घटोत्कचेन अलायुधवधः

Devanagari script

पुत्राणामिव चैतेषां धर्ममाचरतां सदा । द्रहोत्‌ को नु नरो लोके मदन्यो ब्राह्मणब्रुव:,पाण्डव मेरे पुत्रके समान हैं और वे सदा धर्मका आचरण करते रहते हैं। संसारमें मेरे सिवा दूसरा कौन मनुष्य है, जो ब्राह्मण कहलाकर भी उनसे द्रोह करे

Transliteration

putrāṇām iva caiteṣāṃ dharmam ācaratāṃ sadā | drohāt ko nu naro loke mad-anyo brāhmaṇa-bruvaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The Pāṇḍavas are to me like my own sons, and they ever conduct themselves according to dharma. In this world, who—other than I—would be so base as to bear the name of a brāhmaṇa and yet commit treachery against them?”

Word by Word

पुत्राणाम्of sons

इवlike/as

चand

एतेषाम्of these (persons)

धर्मम्dharma/righteous conduct

आचरताम्let them practice / (they) practice

सदाalways

द्रहोत्from treachery/hostility

कःwho?

नुindeed/then (interrogative particle)

नरःman/person

लोकेin the world

मत्than me/from me

अन्यःanother

ब्राह्मणब्रुवःone who calls himself a Brahmin

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍavas

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes