Shloka 21

Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative

Devanagari script

यक्षा विद्याधराश्चैव राक्षसाक्षामितौजस:

Transliteration

yakṣā vidyādharāś caiva rākṣasāś cāmitaujasaḥ

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—พวกยักษ์ พวกวิทยาธร และเหล่ารากษสผู้มีกำลังกล้าเกินประมาณ ก็ปรากฏอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

यक्षाःYakshas

विद्याधराःVidyadharas

चand

एवindeed/also

राक्षसाःRakshasas (demons)

अक्षामितौजसःof unmeasured/immeasurable might

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yakṣas

Vidyādharas

Rakṣasas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the epic idea that great moral and historical crises—like the Kurukṣetra war—are not merely human affairs; they are witnessed by a wider cosmic order, including powerful non-human beings, highlighting the magnitude and consequence of adharma and its correction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is listing the kinds of beings present/assembled as events unfold in the Shalya Parva context, noting that Yakṣas, Vidyādharas, and immensely powerful Rakṣasas were among those involved as onlookers or participants around the battlefield scene.