Shloka 18
Devanagari script
निवातकवचाश्चापि देवानां शत्रवस्तथा
Transliteration
nivātakavacāś cāpi devānāṁ śatravas tathā
Translation
Sañjaya sprach: „Und auch die Nivātakavaca-Krieger — ebenso jene, die Feinde der Götter waren.“
Word by Word
निवातकवचाःthe Nivātakavacas (a class of demons)
निवातकवचाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिवातकवच
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
शत्रवःenemies
शत्रवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाlikewise/so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)न
निवातकवचाः (Nivātakavacas)द
देवाः (the gods)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse evokes mythic enemies of the gods to heighten the moral and narrative gravity of the present war: some adversaries are portrayed as so formidable that they are likened to cosmic opponents, reminding the listener that unchecked power and hostility can place one in opposition to dharmic order itself.
Sañjaya continues a descriptive enumeration, invoking the Nivātakavacas and identifying them as enemies of the gods, as part of a larger comparison or catalog meant to emphasize the scale and ferocity of the forces and combat being recounted.