The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
भगनेत्रहरं देवं पूष्णो दन्तविनाशनम् । स्तुतिं कुरुतमा शीघ्रं गीतैरेतैस्तु नामभिः । येनायं वः प्रसन्नात्मा वरदत्वं भजेत ह ॥ २१.६३ ॥
bhaganetra-haraṃ devaṃ pūṣṇo danta-vināśanam | stutiṃ kurutamā śīghraṃ gītair etais tu nāmabhiḥ | yenāyaṃ vaḥ prasannātmā varadatvaṃ bhajeta ha || 21.63 ||
Bringt rasch Lobpreis dar — durch diese gesungenen Ehrennamen — dem göttlichen Wesen, das Bhagas Auge nahm und Pūṣans Zähne zerschmetterte, damit es euch wohlgesinnt werde und als Spender von Gaben erscheine.
Varāha (default, per dialogue framework when not explicit)
It preserves a Purāṇic-style etiological reference to well-known deities (Bhaga and Pūṣan), using brief mythic markers to authorize a practice of stuti (formal praise) as a culturally transmitted ritual-literary convention.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is focused on hymnic address and the efficacy of praise rather than sacred topography.
The verse recommends prompt, respectful speech-act practice—offering praise through appropriate epithets—as a disciplined means to cultivate favorable outcomes (boon-granting disposition), framed as a normative cultural instruction rather than coercive doctrine.
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