Shloka 118

अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्

Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca

Devanagari script

यथा चेदं न जानीयात्‌ स राजा तपसि स्थित: । तथा कुरु कुरुश्रेष्ठ दिव्यमस्त्रमुपाश्रित:,“कुरुश्रेष्ठ! राजा वृद्धक्षत्र तपस्यामें संलग्न हैं। तुम दिव्यास्त्रका आश्रय लेकर ऐसा प्रयत्न करो, जिससे उसे इस बातका पता न चले”

Transliteration

yathā cedam na jānīyāt sa rājā tapasi sthitaḥ | tathā kuru kuruśreṣṭha divyam astram upāśritaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “So act, O best of the Kurus, relying upon a divine weapon, that King Vṛddhakṣatra—who is now absorbed in austerity—may not come to know of this.”

Word by Word

यथाso that / in such a way that

चेत्if

इदम्this (fact/thing)

नnot

जानीयात्should know / come to know

सःhe

राजाking

तपसिin austerity / in penance

स्थितःstanding / abiding / engaged

तथाthus / in that manner

कुरुdo / act

कुरुश्रेष्ठO best of the Kurus

दिव्यdivine

अस्त्रम्weapon (missile)

उपाश्रितःhaving resorted to / relying on

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Vṛddhakṣatra

Kuruśreṣṭha (addressed Kuru hero)

divya-astra (divine weapon)

tapas (austerity/penance)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes