Shloka 13
Rudra’s Omitted Share in the Yajña (रुद्रभागानुपपत्तिः — यज्ञोपाख्यानम्)
ततः स यज्ञ विव्याध रौद्रेण हृदि पत्रिणा | अपक्रान्तस्ततो यज्ञो मृगो भूत्वा सपावक:,तदनन्तर रुद्रदेवने भयंकर बाणके द्वारा उस यज्ञके हृदयमें आघात किया। तब अग्निसहित यज्ञ मृगका रूप धारण करके वहाँसे भाग निकला
tataḥ sa yajñaṁ vivyādha raudreṇa hṛdi patriṇā | apakrāntas tato yajño mṛgo bhūtvā sapāvakaḥ ||
Então ele traspassou o sacrifício no coração com uma flecha feroz, à maneira de Rudra. E o yajña, acompanhado do fogo sagrado, fugiu dali assumindo a forma de um cervo.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse suggests that when wrathful force intrudes upon sacred action, the integrity of ritual and dharma is endangered; the ‘flight’ of the yajña symbolizes the loss of auspicious order when violence dominates.
A fierce arrow strikes the personified sacrifice in the heart; the yajña, together with the sacred fire (Agni), transforms into a deer and escapes from the scene.