Shloka 79

वंशानुवर्णनम् — सात्वतवंशः, स्यमन्तक-प्रसङ्गः, कृष्णावतारः, शिवप्रसादः (पाशुपतयोगः)

Devanagari script

बाणस्य च तदा तेन छेदितं मुनिपुङ्गवाः भुजानां चैव साहस्रं शापाद्रुद्रस्य धीमतः

Transliteration

bāṇasya ca tadā tena cheditaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ bhujānāṃ caiva sāhasraṃ śāpādrudrasya dhīmataḥ

Translation

हे मुनिश्रेष्ठांनो, तेव्हा त्या पराक्रमीने बाणाच्या सहस्र भुजा छेदल्या; हे धिमान रुद्राच्या शापाचे फळ होते।

Word by Word

• बाणस्य (bāṇasya): of Bāṇa

• च (ca): and

• तदा (tadā): then

• तेन (tena): by him/through that one

• छेदितम् (cheditam): cut off, severed

• मुनिपुङ्गवाः (munipuṅgavāḥ): O foremost among sages

• भुजानाम् (bhujānām): of arms

• च एव (caiva): and indeed

• साहस्रम् (sāhasram): a thousand

• शापात् (śāpāt): due to a curse/from the curse

• रुद्रस्य (rudrasya): of Rudra (Śiva)

• धीमतः (dhīmataḥ): of the wise, discerning

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Shiva)
• Bāṇa

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It highlights Rudra as Pati—the supreme Lord whose will governs outcomes; Linga worship trains the devotee (paśu) to align with that divine order and be freed from pasha-like pride and violence.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva-tattva appears as Rudra’s infallible sovereignty: his curse is not mere anger but a precise moral-spiritual law that curbs adharmic power and restores balance through his śāsana (divine ordinance).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The implied practice is Pāśupata-bhāva—humbling the ego and offering one’s power back to Śiva through disciplined worship and restraint, so the paśu is not bound by pasha arising from arrogance.