Shloka 136

Devanagari script

रक्षणार्थ च सर्वेषां भवतामहमागत: । यातुधानी ह्ूतिक्रूरा कृत्यैषा वो वधैषिणी,मैं आप सब लोगोंकी रक्षाके लिये यहाँ आया था यह यातुधानी अत्यन्त क्रूर स्वभाववाली कृत्या थी और आपलोगोंका वध करना चाहती थी

Transliteration

rakṣaṇārthaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ bhavatām aham āgataḥ | yātudhānī hūti-krūrā kṛtyaiṣā vo vadhaiṣiṇī ||

Translation

„Ich bin hierher gekommen, um euch alle zu schützen. Diese yātudhānī—von Natur aus wild und grausam—, diese kṛtyā, trachtete nach eurem Untergang.“

Word by Word

रक्षणार्थम्for the purpose of protection

चand

सर्वेषाम्of all

भवताम्of you (honorific, plural)

अहम्I

आगतःhas come / came

यातुधानीa female demon/witch (yātudhānī)

ह्य्indeed / for

अतिक्रूराexceedingly cruel

कृत्याa magical rite/created spell (kṛtyā)

एषाthis (she)

वःof you / your

वधैषिणीseeking (your) killing; intent on slaying

Speaker

शुन:सख उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śunaḥsakha

yātudhānī

kṛtyā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames protection of others as a dharmic duty: one may be compelled to act decisively to safeguard the community when confronted by deliberate, lethal harm (vadhaiṣiṇī).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śunaḥsakha explains his purpose in arriving—he came to protect the group—and identifies the threat: a cruel yātudhānī in the form of a kṛtyā, intent on killing them.