Shloka 8

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

Devanagari script

सो<यं प्रतिज्ञां तां चापि पालयत्वरिकर्षण: । मायाविन तु राजानं माययैव निकृन्ततु

Transliteration

so ’yaṁ pratijñāṁ tāṁ cāpi pālayatv arikarṣaṇaḥ | māyāvin tu rājānaṁ māyayāiva nikṛntatu ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “Let this foe-subduing hero indeed keep that very vow. But as for the king who fights by deception, let him be cut down by deception alone.”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिज्ञाम्: promise, vow
• प्रतिज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ताम्: that (promise)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पालयतु: let (him) keep/fulfil
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल्
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अरि-कर्त्सणः: the harasser of foes (enemy-tormentor)
• अरि-कर्त्सणः: Karta
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: अरि-कर्त्सण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मायाविन्: the deceitful/illusion-using one
• मायाविन्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मायाविन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मायया: by illusion/deceit
• मायया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• निकृन्ततु: let (him) cut down/slay
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत् (कृन्त्)
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, नि

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu)
• अरिकर्षण (Arikarṣaṇa—epithet of a warrior)
• राजा (the king—unnamed here)
• माया (māyā—deception/stratagem)