Shloka 13

अरिष्टवृषभदैत्यवधः (गोव्रजत्राणम्)

Devanagari script

उत्पाट्य शृङ्गम् एकं तु तेनैवाताडयत् ततः ममार सहसा दैत्यो मुखाच् छोणितम् उद्वमन्

Transliteration

utpāṭya śṛṅgam ekaṃ tu tenaivātāḍayat tataḥ mamāra sahasā daityo mukhāc choṇitam udvaman

Translation

Tearing off one of his horns, He struck with it at once; in that very instant the Daitya collapsed and died, vomiting blood from his mouth.

Word by Word

• उत्पाट्य: having torn out
• उत्पाट्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पट्/√पाट् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); उपसर्ग उत्-; ‘उत्पाट्य’ = having torn out

• शृङ्गम्: horn
• शृङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• तु: but, then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (particle)

• तेन: with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed, itself
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• आताडयत्: struck, beat
• आताडयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ताड् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग आ-

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः = ततः (ablatival adverb)

• ममार: died
• ममार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• दैत्यः: the demon
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुखात्: from the mouth
• मुखात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• शोणितम्: blood
• शोणितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उद्वमन्: vomiting, spewing out
• उद्वमन्: Karta (Agent-participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्वमन् (कृदन्त; √वम् (धातु) शतृ; उपसर्ग उद्-)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Conclusion of Ariṣṭa’s defeat and its immediate effect.

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To decisively destroy the asura assailing Vraja and establish fearless refuge under the Lord’s protection.

Leela: Yuddha

Dharma Restored: Peace and security for the pastoral dharmic order; reaffirmation that adharma collapses before Bhagavān.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Vatsalya

Characters & Entities

• Varāha (Vishnu’s Boar incarnation)
• Daitya (Hiraṇyākṣa implied)

FAQs

What is the significance of Varāha’s act of striking the Daitya in the Vishnu Purana?

It dramatizes Vishnu’s role as the restorer of cosmic order—when the world is threatened, the Lord’s avatāra acts decisively to remove the disruptive force and re-establish stability.

How does Sage Parāśara explain divine sovereignty in this battle scene?

By portraying the enemy’s sudden collapse upon the Lord’s blow, Parāśara emphasizes that Vishnu’s power is not merely heroic strength but the irresistible authority of the Supreme who governs life, death, and order.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Vishnu appears as the supreme protector whose avatāra removes adharma; the episode supports Vaishnava theology that the Highest Reality actively sustains and rescues the cosmos.