Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ते चतुष्पथनिक्षिप्ते जरा नामाथ राक्षसी । जग्राह मनुजव्याप्र मांसशोणितभोजना,पुरुषसिंह! चौराहेपर फेंके हुए उन टुकड़ोंको रक्त और मांस खानेवाली जरा नामकी एक राक्षसीने उठा लिया

Transliteration

te catuṣpatha-nikṣipte jarā nāmātha rākṣasī | jagrāha manuja-vyāghra māṃsa-śoṇita-bhojanā ||

Translation

当那些碎块被抛在十字路口时，一位名叫阇罗（Jarā）的罗刹女——以血肉为食者——将它们拾起，噫，人中之虎啊。

Word by Word

तेthose (pieces)

चतुष्पथ-निक्षिप्तेthrown down at the crossroads

जराJarā (name)

नामby name / named

अथthen

राक्षसीa rākṣasī (female demon)

जग्राहseized / took up

मनुज-व्याघ्रO tiger among men

मांस-शोणित-भोजनाeating flesh and blood

पुरुष-सिंहO lion among men

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Jarā (rākṣasī)

catuṣpatha (crossroads)

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 highlights moral causality: careless, improper acts—symbolized by discarding remains at a crossroads—can attract destructive influences. Ethically, it warns that negligence and impurity do not remain private; they create conditions for further harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Some pieces have been thrown at a crossroads. A flesh-and-blood-eating rākṣasī named Jarā comes upon them and takes them up, setting up the next development in the story.