Shloka 9

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

Devanagari script

तस्मादेतद्‌ रक्ष्यमाणा गरुडी सम्भवाम्यहम्‌ | वनान्निर्गमनं चैव सुखं मम भविष्यति

Transliteration

tasmād etad rakṣyamāṇā garuḍī sambhavāmy aham | vanān nirgamaṇaṃ caiva sukhaṃ mama bhaviṣyati |

Translation

ਇਸ ਲਈ ਇਸ ਭੇਦ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਮੈਂ ਗਰੁੜੀ—ਗਰੁੜ-ਵੰਸ਼ ਦੀ ਪੰਛਣੀ—ਦਾ ਰੂਪ ਧਾਰਾਂਗੀ; ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਇਸ ਜੰਗਲ ਤੋਂ ਮੇਰਾ ਨਿਕਾਸ ਵੀ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਅਤੇ ਸੁਖਾਲਾ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• एतत्: this (thing/secret)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• रक्ष्यमाणा: being protected/kept (secret)
• रक्ष्यमाणा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular, शानच् (present passive participle/gerundive-like usage), passive

• गरुडी: Garudi (female bird-form related to Garuḍa)
• गरुडी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• सम्भवामि: I become/assume (a form)
• सम्भवामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू
• Form: present, indicative, parasmaipada, first, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• वनात्: from the forest
• वनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• निर्गमनम्: going out/exit
• निर्गमनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर् + गम्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular, ल्युट् (action noun)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सुखम्: easy/pleasant (thing); comfortably
• सुखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• मम: of me/for me
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: future, indicative, parasmaipada, third, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Garuḍī
• forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights prudent conduct: when a vital secret must be safeguarded, one may adopt a strategic disguise or protective measure to prevent harm and ensure a safe outcome, without violating one’s larger duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates a plan in which the speaker resolves to take on the form of Garuḍī (a Garuḍa-like bird) so that a guarded secret remains concealed and a safe, easy exit from the forest becomes possible.