Shloka 35

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततस्ते ब्राह्मणा: सर्वे हुंकारै: क्रोधमूर्च्छिता: । निर्भ्त्सयन्त: शुचयो निजघ्नु: पापराक्षसम्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर क्रोधसे आतुर हुए उन सभी शुद्धात्मा ब्राह्मणोंने उस पापात्मा राक्षसको बहुत फटकारा और अपने हुड्कारोंसे उसे नष्ट कर दिया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve huṅkāraiḥ krodhamūrcchitāḥ | nirbhartsayantaḥ śucayo nijaghnur pāparākṣasam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then all those brāhmaṇas, overcome by a surge of wrath, assailed the sinful rākṣasa with stern reproaches; and, though pure in conduct, they destroyed him by their thunderous cries.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen, thereafter

तेthey (those)

ब्राह्मणाःbrahmins

सर्वेall

हुंकारैःwith roars/cries of 'hum'

क्रोधमूर्च्छिताःovercome/swooning with anger

निर्भर्त्सयन्तःrebuking, censuring

शुचयःpure (in conduct), clean

निजघ्नुःthey slew/destroyed

पापराक्षसम्the wicked demon

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

brāhmaṇas

rākṣasa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that moral purity and spiritual discipline (śuci, brāhmaṇa-tejas) are portrayed as potent forces that can punish blatant adharma; yet it also implicitly warns that anger, even in the righteous, is a dangerous surge that must be ethically directed.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the preceding events, the assembled brāhmaṇas become enraged, harshly rebuke a sinful rākṣasa, and then destroy him—not with weapons, but through their forceful huṅkāras (thunderous cries), emphasizing the narrative motif of ascetic/ritual power.