Shloka 30

Devanagari script

ते चापि राक्षसा: सर्वे रजन्यां भीमरूपिण:

Transliteration

te cāpi rākṣasāḥ sarve rajanyāṃ bhīmarūpiṇaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: And those rākṣasas too—all of them—assumed terrifying forms in the night, intensifying the dread and moral darkness that accompany nocturnal violence in war.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• राक्षसाः: Rakshasas, demons
• राक्षसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रजन्याम्: in the night
• रजन्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भीमरूपिणः: of terrible form, frightful-looking
• भीमरूपिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमरूपिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rākṣasas
• night (rajani)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how night amplifies chaos and fear in warfare; the emergence of rākṣasa-like terror symbolizes the ethical degradation that can accompany violence when restraint and clarity are lost.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that rākṣasas (or fighters described as rākṣasa-like) appear in the night in terrifying forms, heightening the atmosphere of dread during the conflict.