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Shloka 104

कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line

वृषभस्य स्थितो मूर्थ्नि हयपृष्ठेच मानद । तदा स भगवान्‌ रुद्रो निरैक्षद्‌ दानवं पुरम्‌,मानद! उस समय वे वृषभके मस्तक और घोड़ेकी पीठपर खड़े थे। नरोत्तम! भगवान्‌ रुद्रने वृषभ तथा घोड़ेकी भी पीठपर सवार हो उस दानव-नगरको देखा। तब उन्होंने वृषभके खुरोंको चीरकर उन्हें दो भागोंमें बाँठ दिया और घोड़ोंके स्तन काट डाले

vṛṣabhasya sthito mūrdhni hayapṛṣṭhe ca mānada | tadā sa bhagavān rudro niraikṣad dānavam puram ||

ビーシュマは言った。「誉れを授ける御方よ、その時ルドラは雄牛の頭上に、また馬の背にも立ち、ダーナヴァたちの都を見渡した。ついで降伏を迫る猛き所業として、雄牛の蹄を二つに裂き、馬の乳房を断ち切った――それは魔族の砦を圧し伏せ、宇宙の秩序が脅かされるときにそれを支える、恐るべくも矯正する神威のしるしであった。」

वृषभस्यof the bull
वृषभस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
स्थितःstanding/placed
स्थितः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
मूर्ध्निon the head
मूर्ध्नि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
हयपृष्ठेon the horse's back
हयपृष्ठे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहयपृष्ठ
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मानदO giver of honor (epithet)
मानद:
TypeNoun
Rootमानद
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भगवान्the Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रुद्रःRudra
रुद्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निरैक्षत्looked at, beheld
निरैक्षत्:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-ईक्ष्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
दानवम्demonic
दानवम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदानव
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पुरम्city, fortress
पुरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मानदO giver of honor (epithet)
मानद:
TypeNoun
Rootमानद
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

पितामह उवाच

B
Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
R
Rudra (Śiva)
D
Dānavas
D
Dānava-pura (city of the Dānavas)
B
Bull (vṛṣabha)
H
Horse (haya)

Educational Q&A

The passage frames Rudra’s terrifying power as a corrective force: when destructive, demonic forces threaten order, the divine may act with severity to restore balance. Ethically, it highlights that force, though fearsome, is portrayed as legitimate only when aligned with the protection of dharma and the restraint of chaos.

Bhīṣma narrates a scene where Rudra, positioned upon a bull and a horse, surveys the Dānavas’ city and then performs violent acts against the animals (splitting the bull’s hooves and cutting the horse’s breasts), presented as ominous, overpowering gestures connected with the subjugation of the demonic stronghold.