Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 51
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
इत्येवमुक्तः स तु शङ्करेण आद्यं धनुस्त्वाजगवं प्रसिद्धम् जग्राह तूणानि तथाक्षयाणि युद्धाय वीरः स मतिं चकार
ityevamuktaḥ sa tu śaṅkareṇa ādyaṃ dhanustvājagavaṃ prasiddham jagrāha tūṇāni tathākṣayāṇi yuddhāya vīraḥ sa matiṃ cakāra
Thus addressed by Śaṅkara, the hero took up the famed primeval bow called Ājagava, and also inexhaustible quivers; the valiant one then resolved upon battle.
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FAQs
Force is portrayed as ethically conditioned: the hero arms himself only after receiving dharmic direction. Resolve (mati/saṅkalpa) is shown as disciplined, not impulsive.
Vamśānucarita / narrative action sequence: the arming of a divinely connected hero within an episode of conflict.
The ‘inexhaustible quivers’ signify inexhaustible dharmic potency when action is aligned with divine will; the named bow (Ājagava) functions as a marker of superhuman, sanctioned agency rather than ordinary violence.