Shloka 353

Devanagari script

इतरान्‌ राक्षसान्‌ घ्नन्तु शासनात्‌ तव पाण्डव | 'पाण्डुपुत्र! नकुल, सहदेव और पराक्रमी सात्यकि--ये तुम्हारे आदेशसे अन्य राक्षसोंका वध करें

Transliteration

itarān rākṣasān ghnantu śāsanāt tava pāṇḍava |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O Pāṇḍava, die anderen sollen, deinem Befehl folgend, die übrigen Rākṣasas erschlagen.“

Word by Word

• इतरान्: other
• इतरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राक्षसान्: rakshasas/demons
• राक्षसान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• घ्नन्तु: let (them) kill
• घ्नन्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शासनात्: from/according to the command
• शासनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पाण्डव: O Pandava
• पाण्डव: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (a son/descendant of Pāṇḍu)
• Rākṣasas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, force should be exercised under legitimate command and disciplined coordination; righteous action is framed as duty performed through proper authority rather than impulsive violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an instruction addressed to a Pāṇḍava leader: the remaining Rākṣasa fighters are to be dispatched by others, explicitly acting under that leader’s orders.