Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

दीतिजा दानवाश्चान्ये ये ऽन्ये तत्र समागताः ते सर्वे ऽभ्यद्रवन् रौद्रं वीरभद्रमुदायुधाः

Transliteration

dītijā dānavāścānye ye 'nye tatra samāgatāḥ te sarve 'bhyadravan raudraṃ vīrabhadramudāyudhāḥ

Translation

บุตรแห่งทิติและเหล่าทานวะอื่น ๆ รวมทั้งผู้ใดที่มาชุมนุม ณ ที่นั้น—ทั้งหมดต่างชูอาวุธแล้วกรูกันเข้าจู่โจมวีรภัทรผู้ดุดัน

Word by Word

• dītijāḥ: sons of Diti (Daityas)
• dītijāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīti + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘born of Dīti’)

• dānavāḥ: Dānavas (demons)
• dānavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘other’ (appositional)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• samāgatāḥ: assembled/came together
• samāgatāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-gam (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past active participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्रियार्थे (used predicatively: ‘having assembled’)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संकेत सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of te)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• abhyadravan: rushed/ran towards
• abhyadravan: Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-dru (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, तृतीय-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• raudram: the fierce one
• raudram: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: raudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणरूपेण (as epithet)

• vīrabhadram: Vīrabhadra
• vīrabhadram: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrabhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• udāyudhāḥ: with weapons raised/armed
• udāyudhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of te sarve)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (‘having weapons raised/ready’)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (often Pulastya → Nārada framework in Vāmana Purāṇa)

Primary Deities

• Shiva (via Vīrabhadra)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Daitya–Deva Conflict
• Gaṇa/Śaiva Martial Power
• Sectarian Harmony (implicit, if later Vishnu-context frames the same narrative)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Hostility toward dharmic order is depicted as collective and contagious—‘te sarve’—while Vīrabhadra embodies the principle that divine wrath (raudra) is not mere anger but protective force deployed to re-stabilize cosmic balance.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This aligns with Manvantara/Anucarita-style narrative episodes (accounts within cosmic eras) rather than pure genealogy—an event-scene illustrating conflict between dharma-aligned divine forces and anti-deva groups.

What is the symbolic significance?

Vīrabhadra stands for the ‘kriyā-śakti’ of Śiva—decisive action when limits are crossed. The Daityas’ massed charge symbolizes adharma’s tendency to confront restraint and order with force.