Shloka 21

Sati's Death & Virabhadra — Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas

Devanagari script

जया क्रोधाद् गदां गृह्य पूर्वदक्षिणतः स्थिता मध्ये त्रिरशूलधृक् शर्वस्तस्थौ क्रोधान्महामुने

Transliteration

jayā krodhād gadāṃ gṛhya pūrvadakṣiṇataḥ sthitā madhye triraśūladhṛk śarvastasthau krodhānmahāmune

Translation

జయా క్రోధముతో గదను పట్టుకొని ఆగ్నేయ (తూర్పు-దక్షిణ) వైపున నిలిచెను; మధ్యలో త్రిశూలధారి శర్వుడు క్రోధావేశముతో నిలిచెను, ఓ మహామునీ।

Word by Word

• jayā: Jayā (a goddess/attendant)
• jayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• krodhāt: from anger
• krodhāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• gadām: a mace
• gadām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• gṛhya: having taken
• gṛhya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्/gerund)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/ल्यप्), ‘having taken’

• pūrva-dakṣiṇataḥ: on/from the southeast side
• pūrva-dakṣiṇataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva + dakṣiṇa + tas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), दिशावाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (directional adverb): ‘from the east-south side’

• sthitā: stood/was stationed
• sthitā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘standing/positioned’

• madhye: in the middle
• madhye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya) used as सप्तमी-अर्थे (locative sense): ‘in the middle’

• tri-ra-śūla-dhṛk: three-trident-bearer
• tri-ra-śūla-dhṛk: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + ra + śūla + dhṛ (धातु) + kvip (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण (agent noun/धृक्), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘bearing three spears/tridents’

• śarvaḥ: Śarva (Śiva)
• śarvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasthau: stood
• tasthau: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• krodhāt: out of anger
• krodhāt: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahā-mune: O great sage
• mahā-mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speakers

• Likely Pulastya narrating to Nārada (standard Vāmana Purāṇa dialogue-frame); verse is narrative description

Primary Deities

• Śiva (Śarva)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Guardianship
• Krodha (wrath) and its consequences

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "raudra", "secondaryRasa": "vira", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even protective or righteous forces can be stirred by anger; the text signals a crisis-moment where guardianship (rakṣaṇa) risks being colored by krodha, a recurring Purāṇic warning that emotion must be governed by dharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita / narrative episode (ākhyāna) within a tīrtha-māhātmya frame; it is not sarga/pratisarga but part of character-action narration used to teach dharma through events.

What is the symbolic significance?

Śarva with the trident in the center evokes the stabilizing axis of divine order amid conflict; the southeast positioning of Jayā can function as a directional ‘guard-post’ motif—cosmic space is organized for protection, yet disturbed by wrath.