Shloka 30

Devanagari script

ब्रहद्माणं सारथिं कृत्वा विनियुज्य च सर्वश:ः । त्रिपर्वणा त्रिशल्येन तेन तानि बिभेद सः

Transliteration

brahmāṇaṁ sārathiṁ kṛtvā viniyujya ca sarvaśaḥ | triparvaṇā triśalyena tena tāni bibheda saḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu nói: “Sau khi đặt Brahmā làm người đánh xe và phân định mọi quyền năng vào đúng chức phận, Śiva liền dùng mũi tên ấy—có ba khớp và ba ngạnh—đâm xuyên và phá tan ba tòa thành kia.”

Word by Word

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā (as object)
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सारथिम्: charioteer
• सारथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• विनियुज्य: having assigned/appointed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-युज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वशः: in every way / completely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

• त्रिपर्वणा: with (a missile) having three joints/segments
• त्रिपर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• त्रिशल्येन: with (a missile) having three barbs/points
• त्रिशल्येन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशल्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तेन: with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तानि: those (three cities/forts)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• बिभेद: split/pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he (Śiva)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Śiva
• Brahmā
• the three cities (Tripura)
• the arrow (with three parvans and three śalyas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power succeeds when aligned with right order and proper roles. The verse highlights disciplined coordination—assigning each force its function—so that action becomes effective and purposeful rather than chaotic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śiva, after arranging the divine apparatus of battle and appointing Brahmā as charioteer, releases a specially described arrow (three-jointed, three-barbed) and pierces the three cities (Tripura), destroying them.