Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यस्मै देवा: प्रयच्छन्ति पुरुषाय पराभवम्‌ | बुद्धि तस्यापकर्षन्ति सोडवाचीनानि पश्यति,देवतालोग जिस पुरुषको पराजय देना चाहते हैं, उसकी बुद्धि ही पहले हर लेते हैं, इससे वह सब कुछ उलटा ही देखने लगता है। विनाशकाल उपस्थित होनेपर जब बुद्धि मलिन हो जाती है, उस समय अन्याय ही न्यायके समान जान पड़ता है और वह हृदयसे किसी प्रकार नहीं निकलता

Transliteration

yasmai devāḥ prayacchanti puruṣāya parābhavam | buddhiṃ tasyāpakarṣanti so ’dva-cīnān(i) paśyati ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: When the gods intend a man’s downfall, they first draw away his discernment. Deprived of clear judgment, he begins to see things in a perverse, inverted way—taking what is unrighteous to be righteous—and persists in that delusion as ruin draws near.

Word by Word

यस्मैto whom

देवाःthe gods

प्रयच्छन्तिgrant, bestow

पुरुषायto a man

पराभवम्defeat, downfall

बुद्धिम्intellect, understanding

तस्यof him

अपकर्षन्तिdraw away, take away

सःhe

उद्वाचीनानिperverse, contrary things

पश्यतिsees

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

devāḥ (the gods)

puruṣa (a man/person)

buddhi (discernment/intellect)

parābhava (downfall/defeat)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes