Shloka 12
Devanagari script
हतशेषास्तत: केचित् कालेया मनुजोत्तम । विदार्य वसुधां देवीं पातालतलमास्थिता:,नरश्रेष्ठ! मरनेसे बचे हुए कुछ कालेय दैत्य वसुन्धरा देवीको विदीर्ण करके पातालमें चले गये
Transliteration
hataśeṣās tataḥ kecit kāleyā manuṣottama | vidārya vasudhāṃ devīṃ pātālatalam āsthitāḥ ||
Translation
नरश्रेष्ठ! तब वध से बचे हुए कुछ कालेय दैत्य वसुन्धरा देवी को विदीर्ण करके पाताल-लोक में जा पहुँचे।
Word by Word
हतशेषाःthose remaining after being slain (survivors)
हतशेषाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहत-शेष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
केचित्some
केचित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक-चित्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कालेयाःthe Kāleyas (a class of demons)
कालेयाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकालेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मनुज-उत्तमO best of men
मनुज-उत्तम:
TypeNoun
Rootमनुज-उत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
विदार्यhaving torn asunder
विदार्य:
TypeVerb
Rootवि+दॄ
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
वसुधाम्the earth
वसुधाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसुधा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
देवीम्the goddess (as Earth)
देवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
पाताल-तलम्the floor/region of Pātāla (netherworld)
पाताल-तलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाताल-तल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आस्थिताःwent to / resorted to / took refuge in
आस्थिताः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ+स्था
FormPast active participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
नर-श्रेष्ठO best of men
नर-श्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootनर-श्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
लोगश उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
Kāleya (demons)V
Vasudhā (Earth goddess)P
Pātāla (netherworld)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even when wrongdoing is defeated, its remnants may evade immediate accountability by hiding or withdrawing; dharma requires vigilance because unresolved adharma can re-emerge from concealment.
After many Kāleya demons are killed, a surviving group escapes by splitting the Earth and descending into Pātāla, taking shelter in the nether regions.