Shloka 52

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

Devanagari script

यक्षाणां राक्षसानां च पिशाचानां तथैव च

Transliteration

yakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca piśācānāṃ tathaiva ca

Translation

“यक्षों के, राक्षसों के, और उसी प्रकार पिशाचों के भी…”

Word by Word

• यक्षाणाम्: of the Yakshas
• यक्षाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• राक्षसानाम्: of the Rakshasas
• राक्षसानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पिशाचानाम्: of the Pishachas
• पिशाचानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तथा: likewise/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• Yakṣas
• Rākṣasas
• Piśācas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line broadens the moral and narrative horizon: Vāyu’s point is meant to apply across powerful non-human classes as well, suggesting that dharma and consequence are not confined to human society but operate through a wider cosmic ecology of beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is speaking and enumerates categories of supernatural beings—Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and Piśācas—setting up or continuing a statement that concerns them collectively (the verse is syntactically incomplete on its own and expects continuation in the next pāda/verse).