Shloka 24

Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava

Devanagari script

मायाकृतात्मानमिव भीष्म तत्र सम मेनिरे । पूर्वस्यां दिशि त॑ दृष्टवा प्रतीच्यां ददृशुर्जना:

Transliteration

māyākṛtātmānam iva bhīṣma tatra sama menire | pūrvasyāṃ diśi taṃ dṛṣṭvā pratīcyāṃ dadṛśur janāḥ ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「そこでは人々は、ビ―シュマをまるで幻（マーヤー）によって造られた存在のように思った。東に見たかと思えば、また西に見える――戦の喧騒の中、その姿と動きは驚くべきもので、人心を惑わせた。」

Word by Word

• मायाकृतात्मानम्: one whose self/form is made by illusion (illusory being)
• मायाकृतात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मायाकृतात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भीष्म: O Bhishma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• सम्: together, equally (as a preverb/intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• मेनिरे: they thought/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• पूर्वस्याम्: in the eastern
• पूर्वस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• दिशि: direction
• दिशि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• तत्: that (him/it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• प्रतीच्याम्: in the western
• प्रतीच्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीची
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• ददृशुः: they saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• pūrvā diś (east)
• pratīcī diś (west)