Shloka 44.17Unverified draft

कालरात्रीव भूतानां सर्वेषां दुरतिक्रमा । ततस्ते राक्षसास्तत्र तस्मिंस्तमसि दारुणे ।।6.44.17।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
kālarātrīva bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ duratikramāकालरात्रीव भूतानां सर्वेषां दुरतिक्रमाlike the night of universal destruction, inescapable for all beingsnominative compound + particle of comparison + genitive + genitive adjective + nominative adjective
tataste rākṣasāstatra tasmiṃstamasi dāruṇeततस्ते राक्षसास्तत्र तस्मिंस्तमसि दारुणेthen those rākṣasas there, in that dreadful darknessadverb + nominative pronoun + nominative + adverb + locative pronoun + locative + locative adjective

Reference: 6.44.17 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa