Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अथापरे निहता राक्षसेन्द्रा हिडिम्बकिर्मीरवकप्रधाना: । अलायुध: परचक्रावमर्दी घटोत्कचश्नोग्रकर्मा तरस्वी,इनके सिवा हिडिम्ब, किर्मीर और बक आदि दूसरे-दूसरे राक्षसराज, शत्रुदलका संहार करनेवाला अलायुध और भयंकर कर्म करनेवाला वेगशाली घटोत्कच भी तुम्हारे हितके लिये ही मारे और मरवाये गये हैं

Transliteration

athāpare nihatā rākṣasendrā hiḍimbakirmīravakapra-dhānāḥ | alāyudhaḥ paracakrāvamardī ghaṭotkacaś cogra-karmā tarasvī ||

Translation

ವಾಯುದೇವನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಇವರ ಹೊರತಾಗಿಯೂ ಹಿಡಿಂಬ, ಕಿರ್ಮೀರ, ಬಕ ಮೊದಲಾದ ಇತರ ರಾಕ್ಷಸೇಂದ್ರರೂ ಸಂಹರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟರು. ಶತ್ರುಸೈನ್ಯವನ್ನು ನುಚ್ಚುಚೂರು ಮಾಡುವ ಅಲಾಯುಧನೂ, ಭಯಂಕರ ಕರ್ಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತ್ವರಿತನಾದ ಘಟೋತ್ಕಚನೂ—ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹಿತಾರ್ಥಕ್ಕಾಗಿಯೇ ಕೊಲ್ಲಲು ಮತ್ತು ಕೊಲ್ಲಲ್ಪಡಲು ನಿಯೋಜಿತರಾದರು.

Word by Word

अथthen/now

अपरेothers

निहताःslain

राक्षस-इन्द्राःlords of the Rakshasas

हिडिम्बHidimba

किर्मीरKirmira

वक-प्रधानाःwith Baka as chief / chiefly (including) Baka

अलायुधःAlayudha

पर-चक्र-अवमर्दीcrusher of the enemy host

घटोत्कचःGhatotkacha

चand

उग्र-कर्माof fierce deeds

तरस्वीswift/impetuous, vigorous

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Rākṣasas

Hiḍimba

Kirmīra

Baka

Alāyudha

Ghaṭotkaca

enemy host (paracakra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames violent deaths within a providential-ethical lens: even formidable beings who kill and are killed can be instruments in a larger order aimed at the welfare of the righteous side. It suggests that outcomes in war are not merely personal triumphs but can serve a broader, divinely guided purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva lists notable Rākṣasa figures—Hiḍimba, Kirmīra, Baka, Alāyudha, and Ghaṭotkaca—stating that their slayings (and their own acts of slaying) occurred for the addressee’s benefit, emphasizing how these powerful warriors affected the course of the conflict.