Shloka 36

Duryodhana Seized by Citraseṇa; Kaurava Petition to Yudhiṣṭhira (दुर्योधनापहारः / चित्रसेनगन्धर्वग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

करज्जे तां नमस्यन्ति तस्मात्‌ पुत्रार्थिनो नरा: । इमे त्वष्टादशान्ये वै ग्रहा मांसमधुप्रिया:

Transliteration

karajje tāṁ namasyanti tasmāt putrārthino narāḥ | ime tvaṣṭādaśānye vai grahā māṁsamadhupriyāḥ ||

Translation

Therefore people who long for sons bow down to her at the Karajja. And these other eighteen, indeed, are grahas—seizing spirits—who are fond of meat and honey, and whose propitiation is sought to avert their harmful grasp.

Word by Word

करज्जेin (the goddess) Karajjā

ताम्her

नमस्यन्तिthey worship / pay homage to

तस्मात्therefore / from that (reason)

पुत्रार्थिनःdesiring sons

नराःmen

इमेthese

तुbut

अष्टादशeighteen

अन्येothers

वैindeed

ग्रहाःseizers / ग्रह-spirits

मांसमधुप्रियाःfond of meat and honey

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Karajja

grahāḥ (seizing spirits)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes