Shloka 66

Devanagari script

कुम्भकर्णादयश्नेमे नग्ना: पतितमूर्धजा: । गच्छन्ति दक्षिणामाशां रक्तमाल्यानुलेपना:,“उसके साथ ही ये कुम्भकर्ण आदि राक्षस भी मूँड़ मुड़ाये, लाल चन्दन लगाये, लाल फूलोंकी माला पहने, नंगे होकर दक्षिण दिशाकी ओर जा रहे हैं

Transliteration

kumbhakarṇādayaśneme nagnāḥ patitamūrdhajāḥ | gacchanti dakṣiṇām āśāṃ raktamālyānulepanāḥ ||

Translation

มารกัณฑेयกล่าวว่า “พร้อมกับเขา เหล่ายักษ์—เริ่มแต่กุมภกรรณะ—กำลังมุ่งสู่ทิศใต้ ทั้งเปลือยกาย ศีรษะโกน ทาด้วยเครื่องลูบไล้สีแดง และสวมพวงมาลัยดอกไม้สีแดง.”

Word by Word

• कुम्भकर्णादयः: Kumbhakarna and others
• कुम्भकर्णादयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• इमे: these
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नग्नाः: naked
• नग्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पतितमूर्धजाः: with fallen hair / dishevelled-haired
• पतितमूर्धजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त, √पत्) + मूर्धज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गच्छन्ति: go / are going
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छ्)
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• दक्षिणाम्: southern
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आशाम्: direction
• आशाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनाः: having red garlands and unguents
• रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + माल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)
• कुम्भकर्ण (Kumbhakarṇa)
• राक्षस (rākṣasas)
• दक्षिण दिशा (southern quarter)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses ritual-visual markers (nakedness, shaven heads, red garlands/unguents, movement to the south) to convey moral consequence: those aligned with destructive, adharmic force are shown as heading toward ruin and death-associated destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a group of rākṣasas led by Kumbhakarṇa proceeding southward in an inauspicious state—naked and shaven-headed, adorned with red garlands and red smearing—suggesting a portentous march toward doom.