Shloka 26

बकवधोत्तर-प्रशमनम् | Post-slaying Stabilization after Baka’s Death

Devanagari script

तेनाहं प्रेषिता क्रात्रा दुष्टभावेन रक्षसा । बिभक्षयिषता मांसं युष्माकममरोपम,“वह मेरा भाई है। उस राक्षसने दुष्टभावसे मुझे यहाँ भेजा है। देवोपम वीर! वह आपलोगोंका मांस खाना चाहता है

Transliteration

tenāhaṃ preṣitā krātrā duṣṭabhāvena rakṣasā | bibhakṣayiṣatā māṃsaṃ yuṣmākam amaropama ||

Translation

“That rākṣasa, driven by a wicked intent, has sent me here by force. O hero, equal to the immortals—he wishes to devour your flesh.”

Word by Word

तेनby him

अहम्I

प्रेषिताsent (female speaker)

क्रात्राby force/violence

दुष्टभावेनwith evil intent

रक्षसाby the rakshasa

बिभक्षयिषताby (one) wishing/intending to eat

मांसम्flesh

युष्माकम्of you (all)

अमर-उपमO godlike one

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)

र

राक्षस (rākṣasa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes