Shloka 16
Rudra’s Omitted Share in the Yajña (रुद्रभागानुपपत्तिः — यज्ञोपाख्यानम्)
त्यम्बक: सवितुर्बाहू भगस्य नयने तथा । पूृष्णश्न दशनान् क्रुद्धों धनुष्कोट्या व्यशातयत्
tryambakaḥ savitur bāhū bhagasya nayane tathā | pūṣṇaś ca daśanān kruddho dhanuṣkoṭyā vyaśātayat ||
கோபமுற்ற திர்யம்பகன் (சிவன்) சவிதாவின் இரு கரங்களையும் வெட்டினான்; பகனின் கண்களையும் கெடுத்தான்; மேலும் வில்லின் முனையால் பூஷனின் பற்களை நொறுக்கினான்.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.