Shloka 8

कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement

Chapter 111

Devanagari script

यां यां घटोत्कचो युद्धे मायां दर्शयते नूप

Transliteration

yāṁ yāṁ ghaṭotkaco yuddhe māyāṁ darśayate nūpam

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。「ガトートカチャが戦場で示すいかなる幻術・魔の策も、つねに新たな姿となって現れる—目を欺き、その作用は人の心をざわめかせる。」

Word by Word

• याम्: which (f.)
• याम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• याम्: which (f.)
• याम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• घटोत्कचः: Ghaṭotkaca
• घटोत्कचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• दर्शयते: shows, displays
• दर्शयते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (दर्शयति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative (णिच्)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Ghaṭotkaca
• māyā (illusion/magic)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how warfare can involve not only physical force but also manipulation of perception. Ethically, it raises the tension between dharmic combat ideals (clarity, fairness) and the use of deceptive means—especially when survival and duty collide on the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Ghaṭotkaca is employing māyā—terrifying, shifting illusions—amid the fighting. The emphasis is on the repeated, varied displays of magical stratagems that unsettle opponents and alter the course of combat.