Shloka 503

Devanagari script

राक्षसा: सह यादोभि: श्वसृगालाश्व कर्णत: । प्रेत, पिशाच, मांसभोजी पशु-पक्षी, राक्षस, जल-जन्तु, कुत्ते और सियार--ये कर्णके पक्षमें हो गये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | rākṣasāḥ saha yādobhiḥ śvaśṛgālāśva karṇataḥ | preta-piśāca-māṃsabhogī paśu-pakṣī rākṣasa jala-jantu kutte aur siyār—ye karṇake pakṣaṃ ho gaye |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Along with the Rākṣasas and the Yādavas, dogs, jackals, and horses—together with pretas and piśācas, flesh-eating creatures, beasts and birds, other rākṣasas, aquatic beings, and scavengers—were seen aligning themselves with Karṇa’s side. The narration casts an ominous moral shadow over Karṇa’s camp, as though inauspicious forces and predatory impulses gather where adharma is felt to be gaining ground in the war.

Word by Word

• राक्षसाः: rakshasas (demons)
• राक्षसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• यादोभिः: with aquatic beings (yādas)
• यादोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• श्वसृगालाश्व: dogs, jackals, and horses
• श्वसृगालाश्व: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्व + सृगाल + अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कर्णतः: from/than Karna
• कर्णतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Karna
• Raksasas
• Yadavas
• Preta
• Pisaca