Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तदा तान्‌ दुःखितान्‌ ज्ञात्वा आनृशंस्यपरो मुनि: । अयत्नेनादहत्‌ सर्वान्‌ खलिन: स्वेन तेजसा

Transliteration

tadā tān duḥkhitān jñātvā ānṛśaṃsyaparo muniḥ | ayatnenādahat sarvān khalinaḥ svena tejasā ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「そのとき、慈悲において最も勝れた聖仙は、彼らが苦悩していると知り、無畏を授けた。しかも何の労もなく、自らの霊的光輝の力によって、『カリン』と呼ばれる魔族をことごとく焼き尽くしたのである。」

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दुःखितान्: distressed, afflicted
• दुःखितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/understood
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• आनृशंस्यपरः: devoted to compassion (kindly-disposed)
• आनृशंस्यपरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आनृशंस्य-पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयत्नेन: without effort; effortlessly
• अयत्नेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयत्न
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अदहत्: burned, scorched
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• खलिनः: the Khalins (named beings/demons)
• खलिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• स्वेन: by his own
• स्वेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तेजसा: splendor, fiery power
• तेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Vasiṣṭha (implied by context as the compassionate sage)
• Khalins (demons/daityas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Compassion (ānṛśaṃsya) is not weakness: a righteous sage protects the distressed by granting fearlessness and neutralizes cruelty through spiritual power, showing that dharma can be upheld decisively without vindictiveness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Seeing certain beings in distress, the compassionate sage grants them safety and, without any effort, destroys the demons called Khalins by his own tejas (ascetic radiance).