Shloka 45

इन्द्रस्य पाण्डवैः समागमः

Indra’s Meeting with the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

व्रीडा चात्र न कर्तव्या साहसं यदिदं कृतम्‌ । दृष्श्नापि सुरै: पूर्व विनाशो यक्षरक्षसाम्‌,'भीमसेनने जो यह दुःसाहसका कार्य किया है, इसके लिये तुम्हें लज्जित नहीं होना चाहिए; क्योंकि यक्ष तथा राक्षस्रोंका यह विनाश देवताओंको पहले ही प्रत्यक्ष हो चुका था

Translation

You should feel no shame here for this daring deed that has been done; for the destruction of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas had already been witnessed before by the gods themselves.

Word by Word

व्रीडाshame, embarrassment

चand

अत्रhere, in this matter

नnot

कर्तव्याto be done / should be (done)

साहसम्rash act, daring deed

यत्which

इदम्this

कृतम्done, performed

दृष्टम्seen, witnessed

अपिalso, even

सुरैःby the gods

पूर्वम्formerly, earlier

विनाशःdestruction

यक्षरक्षसाम्of the Yakshas and Rakshasas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes