Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 36

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

Devanagari script

तानापतत एवाशु चापबाणधरो गणः अभिदुद्राव वेगेन सर्वानेव शरोत्करैः

Transliteration

tānāpatata evāśu cāpabāṇadharo gaṇaḥ abhidudrāva vegena sarvāneva śarotkaraiḥ

Translation

Khi họ đang xông tới, đoàn gaṇa mang cung tên liền mau chóng lao ra với tốc lực, trút mưa tên đánh trúng tất cả bọn họ.

Word by Word

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; संकेत सर्वनाम

• āpatataḥ: (while) they were charging/falling upon
• āpatataḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-pat (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, षष्ठी? (No) तृतीय-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘they fall/charge’

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time/manner)

• cāpabāṇadharaḥ: bearing bow and arrows
• cāpabāṇadharaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of gaṇaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāpa + bāṇa + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘bearing bow and arrows’)

• gaṇaḥ: the troop/host
• gaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• abhidudrāva: rushed against
• abhidudrāva: Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-dru (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, तृतीय-पुरुष, एकवचन

• vegena: with speed
• vegena: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• sarvān: all (of them)
• sarvān: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis)

• śara-utkaraiḥ: with volleys of arrows
• śara-utkaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara + utkāra/utkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘heaps/volleys of arrows’)

Speakers

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

Primary Deities

• Shiva (via Gaṇas/Vīrabhadra context)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Daitya–Deva Conflict
• Divine Retinue (Gaṇas)
• Protection of Cosmic Order

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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