आत्मानं कन्यया ग्रस्तं पञ्चालानरिदूषितान् । दुरन्तचिन्तामापन्नो न लेभे तत्प्रतिक्रियाम् ॥ ८ ॥
atmanam kanyaya grastam pancalan ari-dusitan duranta-cintam apanno na lebhe tat-pratikriyam
- atmanam
- himself
- kanyaya
- by Kalakanya
- grastam
- being embraced
- pancalan
- Pancala
- ari-dusitan
- infected by the enemies
- duranta
- insurmountable
- cintam
- anxiety
- apannah
- having obtained
- na
- not
- lebhe
- achieved
- tat
- of that
- pratikriyam
- counteraction.
When King Puranjana saw that all his family members, relatives, followers, servants, secretaries and everyone else had turned against him, he certainly became very anxious. But he could not counteract the situation because he was thoroughly overwhelmed by Kalakanya.