Shloka 195

Matsya Purana — The Slaying of Jambha and the Rise of Tāraka: Divine Battle Formations

Devanagari script

वायुं च दोर्भ्यामुत्क्षिप्य पातयामास भूतले धनेशं च धनुष्कोट्या कुट्टयामास कोपनः //

Transliteration

vāyuṃ ca dorbhyāmutkṣipya pātayāmāsa bhūtale dhaneśaṃ ca dhanuṣkoṭyā kuṭṭayāmāsa kopanaḥ //

Translation

And, lifting Vāyu up with his two arms, he hurled him down upon the ground; and the wrathful one struck Dhaneśa (Kubera) with the tip of his bow.

Word by Word

• वायुं (vāyuṃ): Vāyu, the Wind-god

• च (ca): and

• दोर्भ्याम् (dorbhyām): with (his) two arms

• उत्क्षिप्य (utkṣipya): having lifted up

• पातयामास (pātayāmāsa): caused to fall, hurled down

• भूतले (bhūtale): on the earth, on the ground

• धनेशं (dhaneśaṃ): Dhaneśa, ‘Lord of wealth’ (Kubera)

• च (ca): and

• धनुष्कोट्या (dhanuṣkoṭyā): with the bow’s tip/end

• कुट्टयामास (kuṭṭayāmāsa): struck, battered, beat

• कोपनः (kopanaḥ): the enraged one, wrathful (person).

Speaker

• Sūta (Purāṇic narrator) / narrative voice describing the combat (likely within a lineage-episode context)

Entities Mentioned

• Vāyu
• Dhaneśa (Kubera)

Tags

• Dynasties
• Puranic combat
• Lokapālas
• Mythic narrative
• Kṣatriya valor

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse is not about Pralaya; it depicts a martial incident where Vāyu is thrown down and Kubera (Dhaneśa) is struck, indicating a narrative of conflict rather than cosmic dissolution.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

Indirectly, it illustrates the consequences of uncontrolled anger (kopanaḥ) in the exercise of strength—an implicit caution in royal ethics that power should be governed by dharma rather than wrath.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu, temple-building, or ritual procedure is stated in this verse; its content is purely narrative and martial (use of arms and force).