Shloka 107

Devanagari script

निहतं देवशत्रूणां यैर्वयं पूर्वतापिता: । तावकैर्भक्षिताक्षान्ये दानवा: शतसड्घश:,“विजयी वीरोंमें श्रेष्ठ स्कन्‍्द! इस महिषासुरको ब्रह्माजीने वरदान दिया था, जिसके कारण इसके सामने सब देवता तिनकोंके समान हो गये थे। आज तुमने इसे मार गिराया है। महाबाहो! यह देवताओंके लिये बड़ा भारी काँटा था, जिसे तुमने निकाल फेंका है। यही नहीं, आज रणभूमिमें इस महिषके समान पराक्रमी एक सौ देवद्रोही दानव और तुम्हारे हाथसे मारे गये हैं, जो पहले हमें बहुत कष्ट दे चुके हैं। तुम्हारे पार्षद भी सैकड़ों दानवोंको खा गये हैं

Transliteration

nihataṃ devaśatrūṇāṃ yair vayaṃ pūrvatāpitāḥ | tāvakair bhakṣitākṣāny e dānavāḥ śatasadghaśaḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Those enemies of the gods—by whom we were formerly tormented—have been slain. And, in hundreds, the Dānavas have been devoured by your own followers. Thus the burden that long oppressed the gods has been cut down.”

Word by Word

निहतम्slain

देवशत्रूणाम्of the enemies of the gods

यैःby whom

वयम्we

पूर्वतापिताःpreviously tormented

तावकैःby your (people/ones)

भक्षिताःdevoured

अक्षान्dice

येwho

दानवाःdemons (Dānavas)

शतसङ्घशःin hundreds of groups / by hundreds

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Devas

Devaśatrus (enemies of the gods)

Dānavas

Tāvakas (your attendants/followers)

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?

Aggression that harms the cosmic and social order (devas/righteous) ultimately invites decisive correction; the verse frames victory not as mere conquest but as removal of a long-standing source of suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya praises the slaying of the gods’ enemies: those who previously tormented the devas have been killed, and many Dānavas have been devoured by the victor’s attendants, emphasizing the scale of the defeat.