Shloka 22

Śiva Grants the Pāśupata Astra (Pāśupata-Śastra Upadeśa) | शिवेन पाशुपतास्त्रदानम्

Devanagari script

अंशाश्च क्षितिसम्प्राप्ता देवदानवरक्षसाम्‌,'शत्रुओंका संहार करनेवाले कुन्तीकुमार! देवताओं, दानवों तथा राक्षसोंके जो अंश पृथ्वीपर उत्पन्न हुए हैं, वे युद्धमें तुम्हारे द्वारा मारे जाकर अपने कर्मफलके अनुसार यथोचित गति प्राप्त करेंगे

Transliteration

aṃśāś ca kṣitisamprāptā devadānavarakṣasām | śatrūṇāṃ saṃhārakaraṇe kuntīkumāra! devatānāṃ dānavānāṃ tathā rakṣasāṃ ye 'ṃśāḥ pṛthivyāṃ utpannāḥ, te yuddhe tvayā hatvā svakarmaphalānusāreṇa yathocitaṃ gatiṃ prāpsyanti ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：“噢，昆蒂之子，灭敌者——那些降生于大地的天神、达那婆与罗刹的化分，若在战场上为你所杀，必将依其自身业果，获得与之相称的归趣。”

Word by Word

• अंशाः: parts, portions
• अंशाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• क्षितिसम्प्राप्ताः: having reached the earth; born on earth
• क्षितिसम्प्राप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षिति-सम्प्राप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवदानवरक्षसाम्: of gods, demons, and rākṣasas
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-दानव-राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuntīkumāra (son of Kuntī)
• Devas
• Dānavas
• Rākṣasas
• Earth (kṣiti/pṛthivī)
• Battle (yuddha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links battlefield death to karma and rightful destiny: even when cosmic beings incarnate on earth, their end is governed by their own deeds, and the warrior’s role is framed as an instrument through which appropriate outcomes (gati) unfold rather than as mere personal vengeance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a son of Kuntī (a Pāṇḍava), explaining that many beings on earth are incarnate portions of devas, dānavas, and rākṣasas; when the hero slays them in war, they will attain the fitting posthumous states according to their karmic results.