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Shloka 21

Śiva Grants the Pāśupata Astra (Pāśupata-Śastra Upadeśa) | शिवेन पाशुपतास्त्रदानम्

निवातकवचाश्नैव दानवा: कुरुनन्दन । पितुर्ममांशो देवस्य सर्वलोकप्रतापिन:

nivātakavacāś caiva dānavāḥ kurunandana | pitur mamāṃśo devasya sarvalokapratāpinaḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi niềm vui của dòng Kuru, những Dānava mang danh Nivātakavaca—hùng mạnh và giáp trụ kiên cố—cũng ở đó. Họ như là một phần của phụ thân ta, vị thần có uy quang khiến mọi thế giới phải khiếp phục.”

निवातकवचाःthe Nivātakavacas (a class of demons)
निवातकवचाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिवातकवच
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
दानवाःthe Dānavas (demons)
दानवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदानव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कुरुनन्दनO delight of the Kurus
कुरुनन्दन:
TypeNoun
Rootकुरुनन्दन
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पितुःof (my) father
पितुः:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
ममmy
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
अंशःa portion/part
अंशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअंश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
सर्वलोकप्रतापिनःof (him) who is mighty over all worlds
सर्वलोकप्रतापिनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वलोकप्रतापिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
Kurunandana (Kuru prince)
N
Nivātakavacas
D
Dānavas
T
the god (deva) described as sarvalokapratāpin
T
the speaker's father (pituḥ)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores how overwhelming power and formidable opponents arise within a larger cosmic order—implying that strength and threat are not random but connected to lineage and divine potency, inviting discernment and steadiness rather than fear.

Vaiśampāyana identifies the Nivātakavaca Dānavas and emphasizes their extraordinary might by linking them to a divine source described as blazing with power over all worlds, heightening the sense of the adversary’s stature in the unfolding account.