Shloka 303

Devanagari script

शासनाद्‌ राक्षसेन्द्रस्य निजघ्नू रथकुञ्जरान्‌ | उस रातमें भयंकर रूपधारी सम्पूर्ण राक्षसोंने भी राक्षसराज अलायुधकी आज्ञासे कितने ही रथों और हाथियोंको नष्ट कर दिया

Transliteration

śāsanād rākṣasendrasya nijaghnur rathakuñjarān |

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「羅刹の王の命により、恐るべき姿の羅刹たちは多くの戦車と戦象を打ち倒し、滅ぼした。」

Word by Word

• शासनात्: from the command
• शासनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• राक्षसेन्द्रस्य: of the lord of the Rakshasas
• राक्षसेन्द्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• निजघ्नुः: they slew/destroyed
• निजघ्नुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural

• रथकुञ्जरान्: chariots and elephants
• रथकुञ्जरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथकुञ्जर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rākṣasendra (lord/king of the Rākṣasas)
• Alāyudha
• Rākṣasas
• chariots
• elephants

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how warfare can devolve into destructive excess when actions are driven primarily by command and aggression rather than restraint and dharma; obedience to a leader’s order, when ethically unchecked, can magnify harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that, following the order of the Rākṣasa leader (identified in the accompanying context as Alāyudha), the Rākṣasas launched a fierce assault and destroyed many chariots and elephants on the battlefield.