Shloka 23
Devanagari script
न हि देवा न गन्धर्वा नासुरा न च राक्षसा:
Transliteration
na hi devā na gandharvā nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ
Translation
Sañjaya said: “Indeed, neither the gods, nor the Gandharvas, nor the Asuras, nor even the Rākṣasas…”
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
देवाःgods
देवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnor/not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
गन्धर्वाःGandharvas (celestial musicians)
गन्धर्वाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnor/not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
असुराःAsuras (demons/anti-gods)
असुराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnor/not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand/also
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
राक्षसाःRakshasas (ogres/demons)
राक्षसाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)द
देवाः (Devas)ग
गन्धर्वाः (Gandharvas)अ
असुराः (Asuras)र
राक्षसाः (Rākṣasas)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes