Mahabharata 7.59.186 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 59, Shloka 186

युधिष्ठिरकृष्णसंवादः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Appeal and Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 59

Devanagari script

प्रादान्निहत्य रक्षांसि पितृदेवेभ्य ईश्वर: । जनस्थानमें राक्षसोंने जो पितरों और देवताओंकी पूजा-अर्चा नष्ट कर दी थी

Transliteration

prādān nihatyā rākṣāṁsi pitṛdevebhya īśvaraḥ |

Translation

نارد نے کہا—بھگوان شری رام نے راکشسوں کو قتل کرکے جنستھان میں پِتروں اور دیوتاؤں کی جو پوجا اور نذرانے برباد کر دیے گئے تھے، انہیں پھر قائم کیا۔ انہوں نے پِتروں کو شرادھ کا حصہ اور دیوتاؤں کو یَجْن کا حصہ دستور کے مطابق دلایا۔

Word by Word

• प्रादात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), 3, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

• निहत्य: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (हिंसायाम्) with नि-
• Form: क्त्वा (Absolutive/Gerund), कर्तरि

• रक्षांसि: the Rakshasas/demons
• रक्षांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पितृदेवेभ्यः: to the Pitrs and the gods
• पितृदेवेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + देव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Īśvara (the Lord)
• Rākṣasas
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Devas (gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When forces that obstruct sacred duties and communal religious life arise, the righteous ruler (or divine protector) is justified in removing them so that rightful worship, offerings, and dharmic order are restored.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes how the Lord killed the rākṣasas and thereby reinstated proper ritual shares—offerings to the ancestors (Pitṛs) and sacrifices to the gods (Devas)—which had been disrupted.