Shloka 112

The Slaying of the Kālakeyas and the Greatness of Vināyaka Worship

Devanagari script

एभिस्त्वां निशितैर्बाणैर्नयामि यममंदिरम् । इत्युक्त्वा परमक्रुद्धो बाणमंतकसन्निभम्

Transliteration

ebhistvāṃ niśitairbāṇairnayāmi yamamaṃdiram | ityuktvā paramakruddho bāṇamaṃtakasannibham

Translation

「この鋭き矢にて汝を閻魔の宮へ送らん。」そう言い放ち、激怒に燃えて、アンタカ（死）に似たる矢を取り上げた。

Word by Word

• एभिः: by these
• एभिः: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• निशितैः: sharp
• निशितैः: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niśita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adjective (विशेषण), Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with बाणैः

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• नयामि: I will lead/take
• नयामि: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• यम-मन्दिरम्: Yama’s abode
• यम-मन्दिरम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक) + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘यमस्य मन्दिरम्’), Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), ‘having said’

• परम-क्रुद्धः: extremely enraged
• परम-क्रुद्धः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + kruddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (परमः क्रुद्धः), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• बाणम्: an arrow
• बाणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• अन्तक-सन्निभम्: like Death (Antaka)
• अन्तक-सन्निभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: antaka (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (उपमान-तत्पुरुष: ‘अन्तक-सदृश’), Neuter/Masculine Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with बाणम्

Speaker

Unspecified warrior/antagonist (context not provided in the single verse)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: एभिस्त्वाम् = एभिः + त्वाम्; निशितैर्बाणैः = निशितैः + बाणैः; बाणैर्नयामि = बाणैः + नयामि; इत्युक्त्वा = इति + उक्त्वा; यममंदिरम् = यम + मन्दिरम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); परमक्रुद्धः = परम + क्रुद्धः; बाणमंतकसन्निभम् = बाणम् + अन्तक-सन्निभम् (अन्तकसन्निभम्)

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Antaka

FAQs

Who is Yama, and what does “Yama’s abode” signify here?

Yama is the lord of death and justice; “Yama’s abode” is a poetic way of saying death (being slain and brought under Yama’s domain).

What is the meaning of “Antaka” in this verse?

Antaka is an epithet meaning “the Ender,” i.e., Death; calling an arrow “Antaka-like” intensifies its lethal, doom-bringing imagery.

What ethical or spiritual lesson is implied by this threat-filled dialogue?

The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger escalates violence; in Purāṇic narrative frames, it often functions as a warning that wrath (krodha) clouds discernment and leads toward destructive outcomes.