Mahabharata · 1.193.15–16
॥
Devanāgarī
अथवा दर्शनीयाभिः प्रमदाभिर् विलोभ्यताम् ॥
एकैकस् तत्र कौन्तेयस् ततः कृष्णा विरज्यताम् ॥
प्रेष्यतां वापि राधेयस् तेषाम् आगमनाय वै ॥
ते लोप्त्रहारैः संधाय वध्यन्ताम् आप्तकारिभिः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
athavā darśanīyābhiḥ pramadābhir vilobhyatām ||
ekaikas tatra kaunteyas tataḥ kṛṣṇā virajyatām ||
preṣyatāṃ vāpi rādheyas teṣām āgamanāya vai ||
te loptrahāraiḥ saṃdhāya vadhyantām āptakāribhiḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथवा दर्शनीयाभिः प्रमदाभिः विलोभ्यताम्athavā darśanīyābhiḥ pramadābhiḥ vilobhyatām"Or let [them] be tempted with beautiful women,
एकैकः तत्र कौन्तेयः ततः कृष्णा विरज्यताम्ekaikaḥ tatra kaunteyaḥ tataḥ kṛṣṇā virajyatāmeach Kaunteya there, separately, so that Krishna grows cold toward them;
प्रेष्यतां वा अपि राधेयः तेषाम् आगमनाय वैpreṣyatāṃ vā api rādheyaḥ teṣām āgamanāya vaior let Radheya be sent for the sake of their coming [here],
ते लोप्त्रहारैः संधाय वध्यन्ताम् आप्तकारिभिःte loptrahāraiḥ saṃdhāya vadhyantām āptakāribhiḥand then let them be slain by trusted agents, staging [an attack] by bandits;
प्रमदाभिर्pramadābhiroriginal form "pramadābhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एकैकस्ekaikasoriginal form "ekaikas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कौन्तेयस्kaunteyasoriginal form "kaunteyas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वापिvāpioriginal form "vāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राधेयस्rādheyasoriginal form "rādheyas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"Or let each Kaunteya be tempted there, separately, with beautiful women, so that Krishna grows cold toward them; or let Radheya be sent to bring about their coming here, and then let them be slain by trusted agents, staging an attack by bandits."
Version
694d14f451c8 · published Jul 12, 2026, 5:54:01 PM UTC
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Here malice piles temptation upon murder, falsehood upon treachery. It is telling that Duryodhana devises both seduction to break up the family and a staged "bandit attack" for secret murder: one villainy draws forth another. Here we see the truth that untruth knows no bounds and weaves vice upon vice. Thus the text reveals the depth of the plot's descent; and the piling up of schemes only multiplies the retribution to come.