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Shloka 17

यजमानांस्तु तान्‌ दृष्टवा सर्वान्‌ दीक्षानुकर्शितान्‌ । हन्तुमैच्छन्त शैलाभा: खलिनो नाम दानवा:

yajamānāṁs tu tān dṛṣṭvā sarvān dīkṣānukarśitān | hantum aicchanta śailābhāḥ khalino nāma dānavāḥ ||

దీక్షావ్రతాల వల్ల కృశించిన ఆ యజమానులందరిని చూచి, పర్వతసమ దేహములు గల ‘ఖలిన్’ అనే దానవులు వారిని సంహరించదలచిరి.

यजमानान्the sacrificers (patrons of the sacrifice)
यजमानान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयजमान
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तान्those (them)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
दीक्षाby (their) consecration/vow
दीक्षा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदीक्षा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
अनुकर्शितान्emaciated/dragged down (made lean)
अनुकर्शितान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनु-कृष्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Plural
हन्तुम्to kill
हन्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
Formतुमुन् (infinitive)
ऐच्छन्तthey desired/wished
ऐच्छन्त:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
शैलाभाःmountain-like (in appearance/body)
शैलाभाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशैलाभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
खलिनःKhalins (a named group/tribe)
खलिनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootखलिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नामby name/called
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
दानवाःdemons/Daityas (Danavas)
दानवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदानव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
yajamānas (sacrificers)
D
dīkṣā (consecration/vow)
K
Khalin (Dānavas)

Educational Q&A

Harming those engaged in yajña and weakened by dīkṣā is portrayed as adharma; sacred observance deserves protection, and aggression against it becomes a moral fault that precipitates justified resistance and wider conflict.

The Dānavas called Khalin see the sacrificers (devas/ritual performers) grown thin from consecration vows and decide to kill them, setting the stage for a clash between opposing forces over the integrity of the sacrifice.