Shloka 50

Duryodhana Seized by Citraseṇa; Kaurava Petition to Yudhiṣṭhira (दुर्योधनापहारः / चित्रसेनगन्धर्वग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

उपाघ्राति च यो गन्धान्‌ रसांश्वापि पृथग्विधान्‌ | उन्माद्यति स तु क्षिप्रं स ज्ञेयो राक्षसो ग्रह:

Transliteration

upāghrāti ca yo gandhān rasāṁś cāpi pṛthagvidhān | unmādyati sa tu kṣipraṁ sa jñeyo rākṣaso grahaḥ |

Translation

Disse Mārkaṇḍeya: “Aquele ser que fareja aromas e também prova diversos sabores distintos, e que rapidamente lança um homem na loucura—sabei que é um espírito possessor de natureza rākṣasa.”

Word by Word

• उपाघ्राति: smells, sniffs
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-घ्रा (धातु: घ्रा)
• Form: Lat (Present), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गन्धान्: smells, odors
• गन्धान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रसान्: tastes, flavors
• रसान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पृथक्: separately, distinctly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• विधान्: of various kinds
• विधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उन्माद्यति: drives (someone) mad, maddens
• Type: Verb
• Root: उन्-मा-द् (धातु: मद्)
• Form: Lat (Present), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he, that one
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly, swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्ञेयः: to be known, should be recognized
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राक्षसः: a demon, rakshasa
• राक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ग्रहः: a seizing spirit; afflicting demon
• ग्रहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• rākṣasa-graha (possessing spirit)