Shloka 76

Devanagari script

किमन्यद्‌ राक्षसानन्यानस्मांश्व॒ परिभूय ह । “इतना ही नहीं, उन्होंने मेरा तथा दूसरे राक्षसोंका अपमान करके पूर्वकालमें राक्षसकन्या हिडिम्बाके साथ भी बलात्कार किया था। इससे बढ़कर दूसरा अपराध क्या हो सकता है?

Transliteration

kim anyad rākṣasān anyān asmāṁś ca paribhūya ha

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ଏହାଠାରୁ ବଡ଼ ଅପରାଧ ଆଉ କ’ଣ? ସେ ମୋତେ ଓ ଅନ୍ୟ ରାକ୍ଷସମାନଙ୍କୁ ଅପମାନ କରିଥିଲା; ତା’ପରେ ପୂର୍ବକାଳରେ ରାକ୍ଷସକନ୍ୟା ହିଡିମ୍ବାଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ବଳପୂର୍ବକ ଲାଞ୍ଛିତ କରିଥିଲା।

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• अन्यत्: other, else
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• राक्षसान्: Rakshasas (demons)
• राक्षसान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, accusative, plural

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

• परिभूय: having insulted/overpowered, having treated with contempt
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-भू
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rākṣasas
• Hiḍimbā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames humiliation and sexual violation as grave adharma, emphasizing that such acts are ethically indefensible and intensify culpability beyond ordinary hostility in conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a denunciation in which the speaker cites past offenses: the perpetrator not only insulted the Rākṣasas (including the speaker) but is also accused of violating the Rākṣasa maiden Hiḍimbā, presented as an extreme crime.