Shloka 19
इन्द्रस्य पाण्डवैः समागमः
Indra’s Meeting with the Pāṇḍavas
प्रवरा राक्षसेन्द्राणां यक्षाणां च नराधिप,“नरेश्वर! राक्षसों और यक्षोंमें जो प्रमुख वीर थे, वे आज उत्साहशून्य तथा निष्प्राण होकर रणभूमिमें सो रहे हैं। हमलोग उसके कृपा-प्रसादसे छूट गये हैं; परंतु आपके सखा राक्षस मणिमान् मार डाले गये हैं
pravārā rākṣasendrāṇāṃ yakṣāṇāṃ ca narādhipa, nareśvara! rākṣasānāṃ yakṣāṇāṃ ca ye pradhānā vīrāḥ te ’dya utsāhaśūnyā niṣprāṇā raṇabhūmau suptāḥ. vayam asya kṛpāprasādena muktāḥ; kintu tava sakhā rākṣaso maṇimān hataḥ.
Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «Oh señor de los hombres, oh rey: los héroes más eminentes entre los Rākṣasas y los Yakṣas yacen ahora en el campo de batalla, sin aliento ni vida, como si durmieran. Por la gracia y el favor de aquel poderoso hemos sido perdonados; pero tu compañero, el rākṣasa Maṇimān, ha sido muerto».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the fragility of martial pride: even the foremost warriors can fall, while survival is attributed not merely to strength but to another’s kṛpāprasāda (grace/favor). It also underscores the ethical weight of companionship and loss—being spared does not erase the sorrow of an ally’s death.
Vaiśampāyana reports to the king that the leading Rākṣasa and Yakṣa heroes lie dead on the battlefield. The speakers’ party has escaped due to the grace of a powerful figure, but the king’s companion, the Rākṣasa Maṇimān, has been killed.