Shloka 20

Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

देवदानवगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगा:

Transliteration

devadānavagandharvā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “The gods, the Dānavas, the Gandharvas, the Yakṣas, the Rākṣasas, and the serpent-beings…”

Word by Word

• देव: gods
• देव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दानव: demons (Danavas)
• दानव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गन्धर्वा: Gandharvas (celestial musicians)
• गन्धर्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यक्ष: Yakshas
• यक्ष: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राक्षस: Rakshasas
• राक्षस: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पन्नगा: serpents (Nagas)
• पन्नगा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Dānavas
• Gandharvas
• Yakṣas
• Rākṣasas
• Pannagas (Nāgas/serpent-beings)
• Bhīṣma