Shloka 10

Ārṣṭiṣeṇa’s Siddhi and the Tīrtha-Boons; Sindhudvīpa–Devāpi Brāhmaṇya; Viśvāmitra’s Tapas Begins

Devanagari script

वसता राजशार्दूल राक्षसान्‌ शमयिष्यता । जनस्थाने शिरश्कछिन्नं राक्षसस्य दुरात्मन:

Transliteration

vasatā rājaśārdūla rākṣasān śamayīṣyatā | janasthāne śiraśchinnaṃ rākṣasasya durātmanaḥ ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—اے شاہانِ عالم کے شیردل! وہاں قیام کرتے ہوئے اور راکشسوں کو فرو نشاں کرنے کے ارادے سے، جنستھان میں اُس بدباطن راکشس کا سر کاٹ دیا گیا۔

Word by Word

• वसता: by/with (one) dwelling; while dwelling
• वसता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• राजशार्दूल: O tiger among kings
• राजशार्दूल: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजशार्दूल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• राक्षसान्: the Rakshasas (demons)
• राक्षसान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• शमयिष्यता: by/with (one) who will pacify/subdue
• शमयिष्यता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: शम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त भविष्यत्कालिक कृदन्त (future active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• जनस्थाने: in Janasthana
• जनस्थाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनस्थान
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• छिन्नम्: cut off
• छिन्नम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• राक्षसस्य: of the Rakshasa
• राक्षसस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• दुरात्मनः: of the wicked-souled (evil one)
• दुरात्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरात्मन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājaśārdūla (addressed king/hero)
• rākṣasa(s)
• Janasthāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic ideal that destructive forces harming society (symbolized by rākṣasas) should be restrained and removed; decisive action against wickedness is portrayed as a form of protection and moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that while the addressed hero-king was residing with the purpose of subduing rākṣasas, a wicked rākṣasa in the region called Janasthāna was beheaded—indicating the successful suppression of a violent threat.