Shloka 15

Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall

Droṇa-parva

Devanagari script

निहतौ भ्रातरौ दृष्टवा मायाशतविशारद: । कृष्णौ सम्मोहयन्‌ मायां विदधे शकुनिस्तत:,अपने दोनों भाइयोंको मारा गया देख सैकड़ों मायाओंके प्रयोगमें निपुण शकुनिने श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनको मोहित करते हुए उनके प्रति मायाका प्रयोग किया

Transliteration

nihatāu bhrātarau dṛṣṭvā māyāśataviśāradaḥ | kṛṣṇau sammohayan māyāṃ vidadhe śakunistasthaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing his two brothers slain, Śakuni—skilled in deploying hundreds of deceptive stratagems—cast an illusion to bewilder Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. In the moral atmosphere of the war, this highlights how grief and vengeance can drive one to adharma through deceit rather than open, righteous combat.

Word by Word

• निहतौ: slain
• निहतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निहत (नि+हन्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भ्रातरौ: two brothers
• भ्रातरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• मायाशतविशारदः: skilled in a hundred (kinds of) illusions
• मायाशतविशारदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मायाशतविशारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णौ: the two Krishnas (Krishna and Arjuna)
• कृष्णौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• सम्मोहयन्: bewildering, deluding
• सम्मोहयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+मुह्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मायाम्: illusion, magical art
• मायाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विदधे: he employed, he applied
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+धा
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śakuni
• Kṛṣṇa
• Arjuna
• Śakuni's two brothers