Mahabharata · 1.202.7–8
॥
Devanāgarī
ताव् इन्द्रलोकं निर्जित्य यक्षरक्षोगणांस् तथा ॥
खेचराण्य् अपि भूतानि जिग्यतुस् तीव्रविक्रमौ ॥
अन्तर्भूमिगतान् नागाञ् जित्वा तौ च महासुरौ ॥
समुद्रवासिनः सर्वान् म्लेच्छजातीन् विजिग्यतुः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tāv indralokaṃ nirjitya yakṣarakṣogaṇāṃs tathā ||
khecarāṇy api bhūtāni jigyatus tīvravikramau ||
antarbhūmigatān nāgāñ jitvā tau ca mahāsurau ||
samudravāsinaḥ sarvān mlecchajātīn vijigyatuḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तौ इन्द्रलोकं निर्जित्य यक्षरक्षोगणान् तथाtau indralokaṃ nirjitya yakṣarakṣogaṇān tathāthey, having conquered the realm of Indra, and the hosts of yakṣas and rākṣasas,
खेचराणि अपि भूतानि जिग्यतुः तीव्रविक्रमौkhecarāṇi api bhūtāni jigyatuḥ tīvravikramauand conquered the sky-going beings too, terrible in their might;
अन्तर्भूमिगतान् नागान् जित्वा तौ च महासुरौantarbhūmigatān nāgān jitvā tau ca mahāsurauhaving conquered the nāgas dwelling in the depths of the earth, those two great asuras
समुद्रवासिनः सर्वान् म्लेच्छजातीन् विजिग्यतुःsamudravāsinaḥ sarvān mlecchajātīn vijigyatuḥconquered all the mlecchas dwelling by the sea as well;
ताव्tāvoriginal form "tāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यक्षरक्षोगणांस्yakṣarakṣogaṇāṃsoriginal form "yakṣarakṣogaṇāṃs", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
खेचराण्य्khecarāṇyoriginal form "khecarāṇy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जिग्यतुस्jigyatusoriginal form "jigyatus", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नागाञ्nāgāñoriginal form "nāgāñ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"Having conquered the realm of Indra and the hosts of yakṣas and rākṣasas, they conquered the sky-going beings too, terrible in their might; having conquered the nāgas dwelling in the depths of the earth, those two great asuras conquered all the mlecchas dwelling by the sea as well."
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Here the power of evil extends over all three worlds. It is telling that heaven, the netherworld, and the seacoast alike are conquered: violence unrestrained by anything seizes everything. Here is revealed that power without the rein of dharma spreads without limit, trampling all before it. Thus the scripture shows the all-encompassing conquest of the asuras; and the universe groans beneath their heel.