Shloka 186

Devanagari script

प्रादान्निहत्य रक्षांसि पितृदेवेभ्य ईश्वर: । जनस्थानमें राक्षसोंने जो पितरों और देवताओंकी पूजा-अर्चा नष्ट कर दी थी, उसे भगवान्‌ श्रीरामने राक्षसोंको मारकर पुनः प्रचलित किया और पितरोंको श्राद्धका तथा देवताओंको यज्ञका भाग दिया

Transliteration

prādān nihatyā rākṣāṁsi pitṛdevebhya īśvaraḥ |

Translation

Nārada said: The Lord, having slain the rākṣasas, restored what had been disrupted—he re-established the rightful offerings to the Pitṛs and the Devas, ensuring that ancestral śrāddha rites and the gods’ share in yajña were again properly given in accordance with dharma.

Word by Word

• प्रादात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), 3, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

• निहत्य: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (हिंसायाम्) with नि-
• Form: क्त्वा (Absolutive/Gerund), कर्तरि

• रक्षांसि: the Rakshasas/demons
• रक्षांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पितृदेवेभ्यः: to the Pitrs and the gods
• पितृदेवेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + देव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Īśvara (the Lord)
• Rākṣasas
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Devas (gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When forces that obstruct sacred duties and communal religious life arise, the righteous ruler (or divine protector) is justified in removing them so that rightful worship, offerings, and dharmic order are restored.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes how the Lord killed the rākṣasas and thereby reinstated proper ritual shares—offerings to the ancestors (Pitṛs) and sacrifices to the gods (Devas)—which had been disrupted.