Shloka 53
बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account
On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics
Devanagari script
तद्गरूपधारिणं रुद्रं रौद्रकर्मचिकीर्षया
Transliteration
tadgarūpadhāriṇaṃ rudraṃ raudrakarmacikīrṣayā
Translation
तदा तद्रूपधारिणं रुद्रं रौद्रकर्मचिकीर्षया समुपस्थितं ददर्श।
Word by Word
तत्him/that (one)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
गरूपधारिणम्bearing the form of Garuḍa
गरूपधारिणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootगरूपधारिन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
रुद्रम्Rudra
रुद्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
रौद्रकर्मचिकीर्षयाwith the desire to perform a fierce deed
रौद्रकर्मचिकीर्षया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरौद्रकर्मचिकीर्षा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
R
Rudra (Śiva)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights Rudra’s deliberate agency: fierce action is not random rage but a purposeful act undertaken to restore or enforce cosmic and moral order when circumstances demand it.
Bhīṣma describes a moment where Rudra appears in a particular assumed form, explicitly characterized as preparing to carry out a formidable, wrathful deed—signaling an impending decisive intervention.