Shloka 16

Devanagari script

त्यम्बक: सवितुर्बाहू भगस्य नयने तथा । पूृष्णश्न दशनान्‌ क्रुद्धों धनुष्कोट्या व्यशातयत्‌

Transliteration

tryambakaḥ savitur bāhū bhagasya nayane tathā | pūṣṇaś ca daśanān kruddho dhanuṣkoṭyā vyaśātayat ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Разъярённый Трьямбака (Шива) поразил руки Савитара и так же — глаза Бхаги; а зубы Пушана он сокрушил наконечником своего лука. Стих показывает, что неукрощённый гнев в жертвенном столкновении приносит тяжкий и несоразмерный вред даже почитаемым небесным участникам, превращая обряд, призванный утверждать порядок, в зрелище жестокой кары.

Word by Word

• त्र्यम्बकः: Tryambaka (Śiva)
• त्र्यम्बकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्र्यम्बक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सवितुः: of Savitṛ (the Sun)
• सवितुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• बाहू: two arms
• बाहू: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• भगस्य: of Bhaga
• भगस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नयने: two eyes
• नयने: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नयन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पूष्णः: of Pūṣan
• पूष्णः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दशनान्: teeth
• दशनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धनुष्कोट्या: with the tip/end of (his) bow
• धनुष्कोट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष्कोटि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• व्यशातयत्: he struck down/broke/destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्य-शातय्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Tryambaka (Śiva)
• Savitṛ
• Bhaga
• Pūṣan
• bow (dhanuḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical danger of uncontrolled anger: when fury governs action, even sacred contexts and exalted beings become subject to disproportionate injury, and order (dharma) is eclipsed by retaliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a moment where Tryambaka (Śiva), in anger, maims Savitṛ (cuts off his arms), blinds Bhaga (destroys his eyes), and breaks Pūṣan’s teeth using the tip of his bow—depicting a violent divine intervention amid a sacrificial dispute.