Shloka 196

Adhyāya 290: Kuntī’s Mantra-Parīkṣā and the Appearance of Sūrya (कुन्ती–सूर्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

तत्रैवान्तर्दधे राजन्‌ मायया रावणात्मज: । राजन! सारथिके मारे जानेपर रावणकुमार इन्द्रजित्‌ उस अश्वहीन रथसे कूद पड़ा और मायाका आश्रय ले वहीं अन्तर्धान हो गया

Transliteration

tatraivāntardadhe rājan māyayā rāvaṇātmajaḥ |

Translation

Markandeya said: “Right there, O King, Ravana’s son vanished from sight by resorting to māyā. Realizing that his charioteer had been slain, Indrajit leapt down from his now horse-less chariot and, taking refuge in illusion, disappeared on the spot.”

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

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

• अन्तर्दधे: disappeared/vanished
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा (धातु: धा)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• मायया: by/through illusion (magic)
• मायया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• रावण: of Ravana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• आत्मजः: son
• आत्मजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Markandeya
• King (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied by address rājan)
• Ravana
• Ravana’s son (Indrajit/Meghanāda)
• māyā (illusion)
• chariot (ratha, implied by context)