Shloka 43

द्वन्द्वयुद्धवर्णनम् / Description of the Duel-Combats

Devanagari script

अभ्यगादथ वेगेन स दैत्येन्द्रो महाबलः । विगणय्य हृदा तं वै वीरभद्रं रुषान्वितः

Transliteration

abhyagādatha vegena sa daityendro mahābalaḥ | vigaṇayya hṛdā taṃ vai vīrabhadraṃ ruṣānvitaḥ

Translation

Then that mighty Daitya king rushed forward with great speed; filled with anger, he inwardly made light of Vīrabhadra, holding him of no account.

Word by Word

• abhyagāt: approached
• abhyagāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√gam (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• atha: then
• atha: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• vegena: with speed
• vegena: Karaṇa (करण/instrument; manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• daitya-indraḥ: the lord of demons
• daitya-indraḥ: Karta (कर्ता; apposition to saḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (genitive sense: 'lord of demons'); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• mahā-balaḥ: mighty/very strong
• mahā-balaḥ: Karta (कर्ता; adjectival to daityendraḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास ('great-strength'); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण

• vigaṇayya: disregarding
• vigaṇayya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√gaṇ (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); 'having disregarded/having counted as nothing'

• hṛdā: in his heart
• hṛdā: Karaṇa (करण; internal instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (or feminine in usage); तृतीया; एकवचन; 'in/with the heart'

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/खलु-अर्थक (emphatic particle)

• vīrabhadram: Vīrabhadra
• vīrabhadram: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrabhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• ruṣā-anvitaḥ: filled with anger
• ruṣā-anvitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता; adjectival to saḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (√i + anu + क्त, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास ('endowed with anger'); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Daitya king

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

The verse highlights how anger and pride cloud discernment: the Daitya lord, driven by wrath, dismisses Vīrabhadra—symbolizing the soul’s tendency to underestimate divine grace and righteous power, which in Shaiva Siddhanta leads to bondage (pāśa) through ego (ahaṅkāra).

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Vīrabhadra embodies Saguna Shiva’s protective, corrective energy—Shiva’s manifested power that restores dharma when it is violated. Linga-worship cultivates reverence and surrender, the opposite of the Daitya’s inner contempt shown here.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to counter anger with japa of the Panchakshara mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and to adopt humility through Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) remembrance—seeing the body and ego as transient, thereby reducing the impulse to disregard the divine.