Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 51
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
इत्येवमुक्तः स तु शङ्करेण आद्यं धनुस्त्वाजगवं प्रसिद्धम् जग्राह तूणानि तथाक्षयाणि युद्धाय वीरः स मतिं चकार
ityevamuktaḥ sa tu śaṅkareṇa ādyaṃ dhanustvājagavaṃ prasiddham jagrāha tūṇāni tathākṣayāṇi yuddhāya vīraḥ sa matiṃ cakāra
சங்கரன் இவ்வாறு கூறியதும், அந்த வீரன் புகழ்பெற்ற ஆதிப் வில் ‘ஆஜகவ’த்தை எடுத்தான்; மேலும் தீராத அம்புக்கூடங்களையும் எடுத்துக் கொண்டான். பின்னர் போருக்கு மனம் உறுதி செய்தான்.
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FAQs
Force is portrayed as ethically conditioned: the hero arms himself only after receiving dharmic direction. Resolve (mati/saṅkalpa) is shown as disciplined, not impulsive.
Vamśānucarita / narrative action sequence: the arming of a divinely connected hero within an episode of conflict.
The ‘inexhaustible quivers’ signify inexhaustible dharmic potency when action is aligned with divine will; the named bow (Ājagava) functions as a marker of superhuman, sanctioned agency rather than ordinary violence.