Shloka 7
कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement
Chapter 111
Devanagari script
मायाशतसूृजौ नित्यं मोहयन्तौ परस्परम्
Transliteration
māyāśatasṛjau nityaṁ mohayantau parasparam
Translation
मायाशतसृजौ नित्यं मोहयन्तौ परस्परम् ।
Word by Word
मायाशतसृजौthe two who create hundreds of illusions
मायाशतसृजौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमायाशतसृज्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
मोहयन्तौthey two delude
मोहयन्तौ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootमुह्
FormPresent, Third, Dual, Parasmaipada, Lat
परस्परम्each other
परस्परम्:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्पर
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how warfare can devolve into an escalating cycle of deception: when one side relies on māyā (stratagem/illusion), the other responds in kind, intensifying confusion and moral ambiguity. It implicitly raises an ethical tension between tactical success and the erosion of straightforward dharmic conduct.
Sañjaya describes a situation in which opposing forces (implied by “the two”) continually deploy numerous deceptive tactics against each other, each attempting to outwit and bewilder the other through repeated stratagems.