Shloka 30

Devanagari script

ब्रहद्माणं सारथिं कृत्वा विनियुज्य च सर्वश:ः । त्रिपर्वणा त्रिशल्येन तेन तानि बिभेद सः,उनके ऐसा कहनेपर भगवान्‌ शिवने “तथास्तु” कहकर उनकी बात मान ली और भगवान्‌ विष्णुको उत्तम बाण, अग्निको उस बाणका शल्य, वैवस्वत यमको पंख, समस्त वेदोंको धनुष, गायत्रीको उत्तम प्रत्यंचा और ब्रह्माको सारथि बनाकर सबको यथावत्‌ रूपसे अपने-अपने कार्योंमें नियुक्त करके तीन पर्व और तीन शल्यवाले उस बाणके द्वारा उन तीनों पुरोंको विदीर्ण कर डाला

Transliteration

brahmāṇaṁ sārathiṁ kṛtvā viniyujya ca sarvaśaḥ | triparvaṇā triśalyena tena tāni bibheda saḥ ||

Translation

ヴァーユは語った。「ブラフマーを御者として据え、あらゆる力をそれぞれの務めに配したのち、シヴァは三つの節と三つの刃を備えたその矢をもって、かの三つの城を貫き砕いた。」

Word by Word

ब्रह्माणम्Brahmā (as object)

सारथिम्charioteer

कृत्वाhaving made

विनियुज्यhaving assigned/appointed

चand

सर्वशःin every way / completely

त्रिपर्वणाwith (a missile) having three joints/segments

त्रिशल्येनwith (a missile) having three barbs/points

तेनwith that

तानिthose (three cities/forts)

बिभेदsplit/pierced

सःhe (Śiva)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Śiva

Brahmā

the three cities (Tripura)

the arrow (with three parvans and three śalyas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power succeeds when aligned with right order and proper roles. The verse highlights disciplined coordination—assigning each force its function—so that action becomes effective and purposeful rather than chaotic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śiva, after arranging the divine apparatus of battle and appointing Brahmā as charioteer, releases a specially described arrow (three-jointed, three-barbed) and pierces the three cities (Tripura), destroying them.