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Chapter 11.16 - Verse 8

Sanskrit Text

रक्षसां पुरुषादानां मोदनं कुरराकुलम् अशिवाभिः शिवाभिश्च नादितं गृध्रसेवितम्

English Translation

And it was the sporting ground of Rakshasas living on human flesh. And it was filled with ospreys and vultures and resounded with the inauspicious yells of jackals.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

रक्षसां | पुरुष + आद | मोदनं | कुरर + आकुल
अशिवाभिः | शिवा + च | नादितं | गृध्र + सेव्