Shloka 24
कुन्तीगर्भगोपनम् तथा मञ्जूषाप्रवाहः
Kuntī’s concealed childbirth and the river-borne casket
Devanagari script
तां मायां विकृतां दृष्टवा दशग्रीवस्य रक्षस:
Transliteration
tāṃ māyāṃ vikṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā daśagrīvasya rakṣasaḥ
Translation
マールカンデーヤは語った。「十頸者ダシャグリーヴァ（ラーヴァナ）の放った、歪み欺くマーヤーを見て、羅刹たちはその不気味な威力に打たれた。—この一件は、アダルマが迷妄に寄りかかり、分別が曇れば知覚がいかようにも操られ得ることを示している。」
Word by Word
ताम्that (her/it)
ताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
मायाम्illusion, magical deception
मायाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमाया
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
विकृताम्distorted, altered, unnatural
विकृताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविकृत
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
दशग्रीवस्यof Daśagrīva (the ten-necked one, Rāvaṇa)
दशग्रीवस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदशग्रीव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
रक्षसःthe rākṣasa, demon
रक्षसः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Characters & Entities
म
मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)द
दशग्रीव (Daśagrīva/Rāvaṇa)र
रक्षसः (rākṣasas)म
माया (māyā)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights māyā as a force that distorts perception; ethically, it points to how adharma often operates through deception, and why clear discernment is necessary to avoid being led by appearances.
Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that the rākṣasas witness a strange, transformed illusion associated with Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa), setting up a scene where supernatural deception influences events and reactions.