Shloka 12

Devanagari script

पुरा वैकर्तनं कर्णमेष पापो घटोत्कच: । मायाबलं समाश्रित्य कर्षयत्यरिकर्शन,'शत्रुसूदन! कहीं ऐसा न हो कि यह पापी घटोत्कच मायाबलका आश्रय ले वैकर्तन कर्णको पहले ही नष्ट कर दे”

Transliteration

purā vaikartanaṃ karṇam eṣa pāpo ghaṭotkacaḥ | māyābalaṃ samāśritya karṣayaty arikarṣana, śatrusūdana |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O subduer of foes, may it not happen that this sinful Ghaṭotkaca, taking refuge in the power of illusion, should prematurely destroy Karṇa, Vaikartana.”

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• वैकर्तनम्: Vaikartana (Karna)
• वैकर्तनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकर्तन (कर्ण)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पापः: sinful, wicked
• पापः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घटोत्कचः: Ghaṭotkaca
• घटोत्कचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मायाबलम्: power of illusion (magic power)
• मायाबलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मायाबल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समाश्रित्य: having resorted to
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-श्रि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• कर्षयति: drags, draws, harasses
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृष्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अरिकर्शन: O crusher of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिकर्शन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शत्रुसूदन: O slayer of enemies
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Ghaṭotkaca
• Karṇa (Vaikartana)
• māyā (illusory power)