Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ये च कालमुखा नाम नरराक्षसयोनय:,कालमुख नामसे प्रसिद्ध जो मनुष्य और राक्षस दोनोंके संयोगसे उत्पन्न हुए योद्धा थे, उनपर भी विजय प्राप्त की

Transliteration

ye ca kālamukhā nāma nara-rākṣasa-yonayaḥ

Translation

قال سَهَدِيفا: «وقد غلب أيضًا المحاربين المعروفين باسم كَالَمُخَة—وهم مقاتلون وُلدوا من سلالةٍ مختلطةٍ من البشر والرّاكشَسَة—فامتدّ فتحُه حتى إلى أعداءٍ مهيبين مُرعبين.»

Word by Word

येwho/which (those)

चand/also

कालमुखाःthe Kālāmukhas (lit. 'black-faced', a named group)

नामby name / called

नरराक्षसयोनयःthose of human-and-rākṣasa origin (born from such a lineage)

Speaker

सहदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sahadeva

Kālamukhas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the breadth of royal conquest and the testing of strength against even fearsome, socially liminal opponents; it also reflects how epic narrative classifies peoples by lineage to heighten the sense of challenge and achievement.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sahadeva’s report of campaigns and victories connected with the wider political consolidation around the Pāṇḍavas, he notes that the conqueror also defeated the group called the Kālamukhas, described as warriors of mixed human–Rākṣasa origin.