Shloka 136

Devanagari script

रक्षणार्थ च सर्वेषां भवतामहमागत: । यातुधानी ह्ूतिक्रूरा कृत्यैषा वो वधैषिणी,मैं आप सब लोगोंकी रक्षाके लिये यहाँ आया था यह यातुधानी अत्यन्त क्रूर स्वभाववाली कृत्या थी और आपलोगोंका वध करना चाहती थी

Transliteration

rakṣaṇārthaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ bhavatām aham āgataḥ | yātudhānī hūti-krūrā kṛtyaiṣā vo vadhaiṣiṇī ||

Translation

「私は汝らすべてを守るためにここへ来た。このヤートゥダーニー（yātudhānī）は、生来、猛く残忍なクリティヤー（kṛtyā）であり、汝らの滅びを求めていたのだ。」

Word by Word

• रक्षणार्थम्: for the purpose of protection
• रक्षणार्थम्: Prayojana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षणार्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भवताम्: of you (honorific, plural)
• भवताम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आगतः: has come / came
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Past (perfective), Singular, Masculine, Nominative

• यातुधानी: a female demon/witch (yātudhānī)
• यातुधानी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधानी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ह्य्: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• अतिक्रूरा: exceedingly cruel
• अतिक्रूरा: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिक्रूर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कृत्या: a magical rite/created spell (kṛtyā)
• कृत्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एषा: this (she)
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वधैषिणी: seeking (your) killing; intent on slaying
• वधैषिणी: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वधैषिन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

शुन:सख उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śunaḥsakha
• yātudhānī
• kṛtyā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames protection of others as a dharmic duty: one may be compelled to act decisively to safeguard the community when confronted by deliberate, lethal harm (vadhaiṣiṇī).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śunaḥsakha explains his purpose in arriving—he came to protect the group—and identifies the threat: a cruel yātudhānī in the form of a kṛtyā, intent on killing them.