Shloka 20

Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda

Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna

Devanagari script

देवा मनुष्या: पितरो गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसा:

Transliteration

devā manuṣyāḥ pitaro gandharvoragarākṣasāḥ

Translation

देवा मनुष्याः पितरो गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसाः ॥

Word by Word

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मनुष्याः: humans
• मनुष्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पितरः: manes / ancestors
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas (celestial musicians)
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उरगाः: serpents
• उरगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राक्षसाः: Rakshasas (demons)
• राक्षसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

ऐल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aila (speaker)
• Devas
• Manuṣyas
• Pitṛs
• Gandharvas
• Uragas (serpent-beings)
• Rākṣasas