Shloka 102

Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः

Devanagari script

राक्षस उवाच केन सार्थ कथयसि आनयैनं ममान्तिकम्‌ | हिडिम्बे भक्षयिष्यामो न चिरं कर्तुमहसि,राक्षस बोला--हिडिम्बे! “तू किससे बात कर रही है? लाओ इसे मेरे पास। हमलोग खायँगे। अब तुम्हें देर नहीं करनी चाहिये

Transliteration

rākṣasa uvāca: kena sārtha kathayasi? ānaya enaṃ mamāntikam | hiḍimbe bhakṣayiṣyāmo na ciraṃ kartum arhasi ||

Translation

రాక్షసుడు అన్నాడు— “హిడింబే! నీవు ఎవరివద్ద మాట్లాడుతున్నావు? అతడిని నా దగ్గరకు తీసుకురా. మనం అతడిని భక్షిస్తాం; ఆలస్యం చేయకూడదు.”

Word by Word

राक्षसःthe rākṣasa (demon)

उवाचsaid

केनwith whom / by whom

सार्थम्together (with)

कथयसिyou speak / you are talking

आनयbring

एनम्him / this one

ममof me / my

अन्तिकम्near (to), vicinity

हिडिम्बेO Hiḍimbā

भक्षयिष्यामःwe shall eat/devour

नnot

चिरम्long (time)

कर्तुम्to do / to make

अर्हसिyou ought / you should

Speaker

राक्षस उवाच

Characters & Entities

र

राक्षस (Hiḍimba)

ह

हिडिम्बा (Hiḍimbā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights adharma through predatory violence and coercive speech: the rākṣasa normalizes killing as consumption and pressures Hiḍimbā to hasten wrongdoing, illustrating how immoral intent often comes with domination and impatience.

What is happening in the narrative?

Hiḍimba, the man-eating rākṣasa, notices Hiḍimbā speaking with a human (implied to be among the Pāṇḍavas) and orders her to bring him close so that they may devour him, warning her not to delay.