Shloka 51

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

Devanagari script

हरिबाहूरुवेगेन विनिष्पिष्टस्य भूतले सहितं रुधिरोद्गारैर्मुकाच्चक्रं विनिगतम्

Transliteration

haribāhūruvegena viniṣpiṣṭasya bhūtale sahitaṃ rudhirodgārairmukāccakraṃ vinigatam

Translation

เมื่อถูกบดขยี้ลงบนพื้นด้วยแรงแห่งแขนและต้นขาของพระหริ จักรก็หลุดออกจากปากพร้อมกับกระแสโลหิตที่พุ่งออกมา

Word by Word

• hari-bāhu-uru-vegena: by the great force of Hari's arms
• hari-bāhu-uru-vegena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक) + uru (प्रातिपदिक) + vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• viniṣpiṣṭasya: of the one crushed
• viniṣpiṣṭasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-nis-√piṣ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter depending on implied referent (here: of the crushed one)

• bhūtale: on the ground
• bhūtale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• sahitam: together with/along with
• sahitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with 'cakram' (neuter)

• rudhira-udgāraiḥ: with gushes of blood
• rudhira-udgāraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudhira (प्रातिपदिक) + udgāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mukhāt: from the mouth
• mukhāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• cakram: the discus
• cakram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); subject of 'vinigatam' (neuter)

• vinigatam: came out/emerged
• vinigatam: Kriyā (क्रिया; participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ni-√gam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) used predicatively; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (often embedded in Pulastya → Nārada narration)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu
• Shiva (via gaṇa context)

Key Themes

• Shaiva-Vaishnava Synthesis
• Divine Combat
• Inevitability of Dharma (return of Sudarśana)
• Violence in Mythic Narrative

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Suppression of righteous force (here, Sudarśana) is temporary; dharmic power re-emerges even after being ‘swallowed.’ The graphic imagery underscores the cost of opposing cosmic order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

It remains within Carita-style episodic narration (deeds/conflict), not within cosmological creation cycles or dynastic lists.

What is the symbolic significance?

The cakra’s reappearance from the mouth—amid blood—can be read as the purging of unlawfully appropriated power: what is not assimilable (dharma as Sudarśana) cannot be digested by adharmic force.