Verse 13

Tripura

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सृण्येव सितया विश्वचर्षणिः पाशेनैव प्रतिबध्नात्यभीकाम् । इषुभिः पञ्चभिर्धनुषा च विध्यत्यादिशक्तिररुणा विश्वजन्या ॥१३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सृण्या-इव । सितया । विश्व-चर्षणिः । पाशेन-एव । प्रति-बध्नाति । अभीकाम् । इषुभिः । पञ्चभिः । धनुषा । च । विध्यति । आदि-शक्तिः । अरुणा । विश्व-जन्या ॥१३॥

IAST Transliteration

sṛṇyeva sitayā viśvacarṣaṇiḥ pāśenaiva pratibadhnāty abhīkām | iṣubhiḥ pañcabhir dhanuṣā ca vidhyaty ādiśaktir aruṇā viśvajanyā ||13||

Translation

輝く鋤先のごとく、万を支える者は真に欲せられるものを縄で縛り、五つの矢と弓とによって、原初の力—紅にして宇宙を生むもの—がそれらを貫く。

Academic Translation

Like a ploughshare with its bright (blade), the all-supporting one binds the desired (beings) indeed with a noose; and with five arrows and a bow the primordial Power—ruddy, the begetter of the universe—pierces (them).

Verse Context

• Śakti (Māyā/Prakṛti) as the cosmic power that binds and liberates; pañca-tanmātra/pañca-indriya symbolism
• Mahavakya: Indirect—supports Advaitic reading of Brahman as the substratum while Śakti functions as the operative power; can be aligned with ‘prajñānam brahma’ by treating Śakti’s ‘piercing’ as the awakening of consciousness through the senses.
• Atharva