Shloka 47

Sati's Death & Virabhadra — Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas

Devanagari script

मुशलं वीरभद्राय प्रचिक्षेप हलायुधः लाङ्गलं च गणेशो ऽपि गदया प्रत्यवारयत्

Transliteration

muśalaṃ vīrabhadrāya pracikṣepa halāyudhaḥ lāṅgalaṃ ca gaṇeśo 'pi gadayā pratyavārayat

Translation

ഹലായുധൻ വീരഭദ്രനിലേക്കു മുസലം എറിഞ്ഞു; ഗണേശനും ലാംഗലം ഗദകൊണ്ട് പ്രതിരോധിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• muśalam: club/pestle
• muśalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muśala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vīrabhadrāya: to Vīrabhadra
• vīrabhadrāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrabhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• pracikṣepa: threw forth
• pracikṣepa: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṣip (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

• halāyudhaḥ: Halāyudha (Balarāma; he whose weapon is the plough)
• halāyudhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hala + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Bahuvrīhi (yasya āyudham halaḥ), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• lāṅgalam: plough
• lāṅgalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lāṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• gaṇeśaḥ: Gaṇeśa
• gaṇeśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), additive/emphatic

• gadayā: with a mace
• gadayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• pratyavārayat: warded off/repelled
• pratyavārayat: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-ava-√vṛ (धातु) causative (णिच्)
• Form: Causative; Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

Speakers

• Narratorial layer (traditionally Pulastya → Nārada framework
• not explicit in given verse)

Primary Deities

• Balarama (Halāyudha)
• Vīrabhadra
• Gaṇeśa

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Vaishnavism
• Divine Retinues (Gaṇas)
• Martial Exchange
• Sectarian Harmony (co-presence in narrative)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "vira", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Strength is shown as disciplined skill: weapons are not merely used but also restrained and countered. The verse models controlled valor (śaurya with niyama) rather than indiscriminate violence.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

It is narrative deed-description (carita) embedded in a larger purāṇic account; it does not directly serve sarga/pratisarga but supports the purāṇa’s didactic-historical storytelling mode.

What is the symbolic significance?

The presence of Gaṇeśa and Vīrabhadra (Śaiva sphere) in direct martial juxtaposition with Halāyudha (Vaiṣṇava sphere) reinforces the Vāmana Purāṇa’s tendency to narrate both traditions within one coherent sacred history.