Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अथापरे निहता राक्षसेन्द्रा हिडिम्बकिर्मीरवकप्रधाना: । अलायुध: परचक्रावमर्दी घटोत्कचश्नोग्रकर्मा तरस्वी,इनके सिवा हिडिम्ब, किर्मीर और बक आदि दूसरे-दूसरे राक्षसराज, शत्रुदलका संहार करनेवाला अलायुध और भयंकर कर्म करनेवाला वेगशाली घटोत्कच भी तुम्हारे हितके लिये ही मारे और मरवाये गये हैं

Transliteration

athāpare nihatā rākṣasendrā hiḍimbakirmīravakapra-dhānāḥ | alāyudhaḥ paracakrāvamardī ghaṭotkacaś cogra-karmā tarasvī ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “And besides these, other lordly Rākṣasas—chief among them Hiḍimba, Kirmīra, and Baka—were also slain. Alāyudha, the crusher of the enemy’s host, and the swift Ghaṭotkaca, whose deeds were fearsome, were likewise made to kill and be killed for your welfare alone.”

Word by Word

अथthen/now

अपरेothers

निहताःslain

राक्षस-इन्द्राःlords of the Rakshasas

हिडिम्बHidimba

किर्मीरKirmira

वक-प्रधानाःwith Baka as chief / chiefly (including) Baka

अलायुधःAlayudha

पर-चक्र-अवमर्दीcrusher of the enemy host

घटोत्कचःGhatotkacha

चand

उग्र-कर्माof fierce deeds

तरस्वीswift/impetuous, vigorous

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Rākṣasas

Hiḍimba

Kirmīra

Baka

Alāyudha

Ghaṭotkaca

enemy host (paracakra)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes