Shloka 4

Devanagari script

रजस्वला वेपमाना वीक्षमाणा दिशो दश । अश्रुकण्ठा यथा दैत्या हिरण्याक्षे पुरा हते,पूर्वकालमें हिरण्याक्षके मारे जानेपर दैत्योंकी जैसी अवस्था हुई थी, वैसी ही उनकी भी हो गयी। वे धूल-धूसर शरीरसे काँपते हुए दसों दिशाओंकी ओर देख रहे थे। आँसुओंसे उनका गला भर आया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

rajasvalā vepamānā vīkṣamāṇā diśo daśa |

aśrukaṇṭhā yathā daityā hiraṇyākṣe purā hate ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Covered with dust and shaken with fear, they kept looking in all ten directions. Their throats choked with tears—just as the Daityas once were when Hiraṇyākṣa had been slain in ancient times. The comparison underscores how the fall of a powerful protector can collapse morale and drive even the strong into panic and grief amid the chaos of war.

Word by Word

रजस्वलाdust-covered (lit. having dust/rajas)

वेपमानाtrembling

वीक्षमाणाlooking, gazing

दिशःdirections

दशten

अश्रुकण्ठाwhose throat is choked with tears

यथाas, just as

दैत्याDaityas (demons)

हिरण्याक्षेin/when (the demon) Hiraṇyākṣa

पुराformerly, once

हतेwhen slain, upon being killed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Daityas

Hiraṇyākṣa

ten directions (diśaḥ daśa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes