Shloka 120

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

यक्षरक्ष:समाकीर्णे रथाश्वद्धिपदारुणे

Transliteration

yakṣarakṣaḥ-samākīrṇe rathāśvaddhipadāruṇe

Translation

Sañjaya said: The scene was crowded with yakṣas and rākṣasas, and made dreadful by the trampling of chariots, horses, and elephants—an ominous vision of the battlefield’s moral collapse into nightmarish violence.

Word by Word

• यक्ष: yakshas
• यक्ष: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रक्षः: rakshasas/demons
• रक्षः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• समाकीर्णे: crowded/filled
• समाकीर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-कीर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रथ: chariots
• रथ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अश्व: horses
• अश्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्विप: elephants
• द्विप: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विप
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दारुणे: terrible/fierce
• दारुणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• yakṣas
• rākṣasas
• chariots
• horses
• elephants