Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

मय्येव हि विशेषेण तथा दुर्योधन त्वयि । आशंसत परित्राणमर्जुनातू स महीपति:

Transliteration

mayyeva hi viśeṣeṇa tathā duryodhana tvayi | āśaṃsata paritrāṇam arjunātū sa mahīpatiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “That king (Duryodhana) looked for deliverance especially in me—and likewise in you, O Duryodhana—hoping for rescue from Arjuna.”

Word by Word

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Saptami, Ekavacana

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हि: for/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• विशेषेण: especially; in particular
• विशेषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष
• Form: Pum, Trtiya, Ekavacana

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• दुर्योधन: O Duryodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Pum, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

• त्वयि: in you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Saptami, Ekavacana

• आशंसत: they hoped/expected
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-शंस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Prathama, Bahuvacana

• परित्राणम्: protection; rescue
• परित्राणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परित्राण
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitiya, Ekavacana

• अर्जुनात्: from Arjuna
• अर्जुनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Pum, Pancami, Ekavacana

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Ekavacana

• महीपतिः: the king
• महीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Ekavacana

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Arjuna