Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 4
Indra Slays Namuci—The Limits of Power and the Triumph of Divine Strategy
Devanagari script
नटवन्मूढ मायाभिर्मायेशान् नो जिगीषसि । जित्वा बालान् निबद्धाक्षान् नटो हरति तद्धनम् ॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration
naṭavan mūḍha māyābhir māyeśān no jigīṣasi jitvā bālān nibaddhākṣān naṭo harati tad-dhanam
Translation
ਇੰਦਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਓ ਮੂਰਖ! ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕੋਈ ਜਾਦੂਗਰ ਬੱਚੇ ਦੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਬੰਨ੍ਹ ਕੇ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਠੱਗ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਵੇਂ ਹੀ ਤੂੰ ਆਪਣੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਜਿੱਤਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈਂ, ਜਦਕਿ ਅਸੀਂ ਮਾਇਆ ਦੇ ਮਾਲਕ ਹਾਂ।
Synonyms
naṭa-vatlike an actor
naṭa-vat:
Prakāra-adhikaraṇa (प्रकार-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnaṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
FormComparative adverb (वत्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय): ‘like an actor’
mūḍhaO fool!
mūḍha:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmūḍha (कृदन्त; √muh मुह् + क्त)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; used as address
māyābhiḥby (your) tricks/illusions
māyābhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
māyā-īśānthe masters of illusion (us)
māyā-īśān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmāyā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘māyāyāḥ īśān’ = lords/masters of māyā
naḥus
naḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी) or Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; here accusative ‘us’
jigīṣasiyou wish to conquer
jigīṣasi:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ji (जि) (धातु)
FormDesiderative stem (सन्नन्त) of √ji; Present (लट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular; parasmaipada
jitvāhaving defeated
jitvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√ji (जि) (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), avyaya: ‘having conquered’
bālānchildren / the weak
bālān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
nibaddha-akṣānwith eyes bound (blindfolded)
nibaddha-akṣān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootnibaddha (कृदन्त; ni + √bandh बन्ध् + क्त) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural; karmadhāraya: ‘nibaddhāḥ akṣāḥ yeṣām’ in sense ‘with bound eyes’ (elliptic)
naṭaḥan actor
naṭaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
haratitakes away
harati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√hṛ (हृ) (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada
tad-dhanamthat wealth
tad-dhanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; karmadhāraya: ‘that wealth’