ऋषीन्यक्षान्सगन्धर्वानसुरान्ब्राह्मणांस्तथा। अतिक्रामति दुर्धर्षो वरदानेन मोहित:।।1.15.9।।
Meaning
That unassailable one, intoxicated by your boon, transgresses against sages, yakshas, gandharvas, asuras, and brahmins alike.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| ṛṣīn yakṣān sa-gandharvān | ऋषीन् यक्षान् स-गन्धर्वान् | sages, Yakshas, together with Gandharvas | Accusative plural |
| asurān brāhmaṇān tathā | असुरान् ब्राह्मणान् तथा | Asuras, and Brahmins as well | Accusative plural |
| atikrāmati durdharṣaḥ | अतिक्रामति दुर्धर्षः | that unassailable one transgresses | Verb (present) |
| varadānena mohitaḥ | वरदानेन मोहितः | maddened by the boon-gift | Nominative singular |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source cautions against reading 'asura' here as a straightforward synonym for 'demon': while sura/asura is standard Vedic terminology for celestial/anti-celestial, many asuras (Rahu, Ketu, and others) have their abode in heaven and can attain salvation within mortal life, and Ravana himself came from and eventually returns to heaven after the war. The source's point is that asuras in this text are a class of celestial being like yakshas or gandharvas, not earthbound demons in the Western sense.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.15.9 · Bāla Kāṇḍa