Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एष हि ब्राह्मणद्वेषी यज्ञद्वेषी च राक्षस: । धर्मस्य लोप्ता पापात्मा तस्मादेष निपातित:,तुमलोगोंका प्रिय करनेकी इच्छासे ही मैंने इसे पहले नहीं मारा था। यह ब्राह्मणों और यज्ञोंसे द्वेष रखनेवाला तथा धर्मका लोप करनेवाला पापात्मा राक्षस था; इसीलिये इसे मरवा दिया है

Translation

“For this rākṣasa was a hater of brāhmaṇas and a hater of sacrifices; a sinful soul who brought about the ruin of dharma. Therefore he has been struck down.”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man/one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ब्राह्मणद्वेषी: hater of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणद्वेषी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्मण-द्वेषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञद्वेषी: hater of sacrifices
• यज्ञद्वेषी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ-द्वेषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राक्षसः: demon/Rakshasa
• राक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लोप्ता: destroyer/abolisher
• लोप्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लुप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Agent noun (tṛc/तृन्-type), 'one who causes loss/destruction'

• पापात्मा: sinful-souled one
• पापात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निपातितः: has been struck down/killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (PPP), Past passive participle (क्त)

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच