Matsya Purana — War of Devas and Dānavas: Yama and Kubera Defeated; Kālanemi’s Māyā and the A..., Shloka 129

Devanagari script

ताडयामास गदया दयामुत्सृज्य पाशभृत् स तु तेन प्रहारेण स्रोतोभिः क्षतजं वमन् //

Transliteration

tāḍayāmāsa gadayā dayāmutsṛjya pāśabhṛt sa tu tena prahāreṇa srotobhiḥ kṣatajaṃ vaman //

Translation

പാശധാരി കരുണ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് ഗദകൊണ്ട് അവനെ അടിച്ചു; ആ പ്രഹാരത്താൽ അവൻ ഒഴുക്കുകളായി രക്തം ഛർദിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• ताडयामास: struck

• गदया: with a mace

• दयाम्: compassion

• उत्सृज्य: having cast aside/abandoned

• पाशभृत्: the bearer of a noose (one who carries a noose

• सः तु: but he

• तेन: by that

• प्रहारेण: blow/strike

• स्रोतोभिः: in streams/currents

• क्षतजम्: blood

• वमन्: vomiting/spewing forth

Speaker

• Narrator (Purāṇic narrator relaying a battle scene; specific interlocutors not explicit in this single verse)

Entities Mentioned

• Pāśabhṛt (Noose-bearer)

Tags

• Dynasties
• Battle
• Kshatriya Dharma
• Itihasa Narrative
• Violence in Puranic Episodes

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse does not address Pralaya; it depicts a battlefield strike where compassion is abandoned and the victim spews blood, emphasizing narrative intensity rather than cosmology.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

It aligns more with Kshatriya (royal/warrior) contexts: in war, a combatant may act without softness (दयामुत्सृज्य), highlighting the harsh reality of royal conflict rather than household ethics.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vastu, temple-architecture, or ritual procedure is mentioned; the imagery is purely martial (mace-strike and blood flowing).