Shloka 11

अध्याय ५५ — बाणस्य पुनर्युद्धप्रवृत्तिः

Bāṇa’s Renewed Engagement in Battle

Devanagari script

चिक्षेप विविधान्बाणान्बाणाय कुपितो हरिः । कर्णान्तं तद्विकृष्याथ तीक्ष्णानाशीविषोपमान्

Transliteration

cikṣepa vividhānbāṇānbāṇāya kupito hariḥ | karṇāntaṃ tadvikṛṣyātha tīkṣṇānāśīviṣopamān

Translation

Enraged, Hari (Viṣṇu) hurled many kinds of arrows at Bāṇa. Then, drawing his bow back to his ear, he shot sharp shafts—like poisonous serpents in their deadly force.

Word by Word

• cikṣepa: threw; hurled
• cikṣepa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣip (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vividhān: various
• vividhān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying bāṇān)

• bāṇān: arrows
• bāṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• bāṇāya: for/against Bāṇa
• bāṇāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• kupitaḥ: angered
• kupitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kupita (कृदन्त; √kup/कुप्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying hariḥ)

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• karṇa-antam: up to the ear (ear-drawn)
• karṇa-antam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (‘up to the ear’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभाव (extent)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (object of vikṛṣya: ‘that (bow-string/arrow)’)

• vikṛṣya: having drawn (it)
• vikṛṣya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√kṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having drawn back/pulled’

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequencing particle)

• tīkṣṇān: sharp
• tīkṣṇān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying āśīviṣopamān)

• āśīviṣa-upamān: comparable to venomous snakes
• āśīviṣa-upamān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āśīviṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + upama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (‘like venomous serpents’); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying bāṇān, understood)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Bana

FAQs

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

It portrays the height of martial power and anger even in Hari, while implying (in the Yuddha-khaṇḍa context) that all such force remains within the higher governance of Pati (Śiva); spiritual maturity is to rise from reactive rage to surrender and dharma.

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

The battle-setting underscores that divine energies (even Viṣṇu’s) operate under the Supreme Lord; worship of the Liṅga (Saguna Śiva as the accessible form) trains the devotee to seek refuge in Śiva as the stabilizing center beyond conflict.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As an antidote to krodha (anger), repeat the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with steady breath; applying Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and wearing Rudrākṣa can be taken as reminders of restraint, purity, and returning the mind to Śiva.