Shloka 7

कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement

Chapter 111

Devanagari script

मायाशतसूृजौ नित्यं मोहयन्तौ परस्परम्‌

Transliteration

māyāśatasṛjau nityaṁ mohayantau parasparam

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—వారు ఇద్దరూ నిత్యం వందల మాయలను సృష్టించి పరస్పరం ఒకరినొకరు మోహింపజేసిరి.

Word by Word

• मायाशतसृजौ: the two who create hundreds of illusions
• मायाशतसृजौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मायाशतसृज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• मोहयन्तौ: they two delude
• मोहयन्तौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह्
• Form: Present, Third, Dual, Parasmaipada, Lat

• परस्परम्: each other
• परस्परम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.