Shloka 14

Saumadatti-vadha and Bhīma–Alambusa-saṃyoga (सौमदत्तिवधः तथा भीमालम्बुससंयोगः)

Devanagari script

ततस्तौ रुद्रमाहात्म्याद्धित्वा रूप॑ महोरगौ । भधनुर्बाणश्न शत्रुघ्नं तद्‌ द्वन्डे समपद्यत,तदनन्तर भगवान्‌ शंकरकी महिमासे वे दोनों महानाग अपने उस रूपको छोड़कर दो शत्रुनाशक धनुष-बाणके रूपमें परिणत हो गये

Transliteration

tatas tau rudramāhātmyād dhitvā rūpaṃ mahoragau | dhanur-bāṇa-śastra-śatrughnaṃ tad-dvandve samapadyat |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍາກ່າວວ່າ: ຕໍ່ມາ ໂດຍອານຸພາບອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ຂອງ ຣຸດຣະ ນາກໃຫຍ່ສອງຕົວນັ້ນໄດ້ລະທິ້ງຮູບເກົ່າຂອງຕົນ ແລະໃນຄູ່ນັ້ນເອງ ກາຍເປັນຮູບຂອງຄັນທະນູແລະລູກສອນ ອັນທຳລາຍສັດຕູ—ເປັນນິມິດຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນພະລັງຂອງ ພຣະສິວະ ທີ່ປ່ຽນສິ່ງນ່າຢ້ານໃຫ້ເປັນເຄື່ອງມືແຫ່ງໄຊຊະນະອັນຕັດສິນໃນສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तौthose two

रुद्र-माहात्म्यात्from/owing to the greatness of Rudra

हित्वाhaving abandoned

रूपम्form

महोरगौthe two great serpents

धनुःbow

बाणarrow

शत्रुघ्नम्enemy-destroying

तत्that (state/form)

द्वन्द्वेin the pair / in the dual form

समपद्यतthey became / they transformed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Rudra (Śiva, Śaṅkara)

two great serpents (mahoragau)

bow (dhanus)

arrow (bāṇa)

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?

The verse underscores Rudra/Śiva’s overwhelming potency: even terrifying forces (great serpents) can be redirected into purposeful instruments. Ethically, it suggests that in the chaos of war, outcomes may hinge on divine sanction and the right alignment with higher power rather than mere brute strength.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a miraculous transformation: two great serpents, by Rudra’s greatness, abandon their serpent-form and become a paired set of enemy-destroying weapons—specifically the forms of bow and arrow—signaling Śiva’s intervention in the unfolding battle events.