Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यांश्व घोरेण रूपेण पश्येत्‌ क्रुद्ध/ पिनाकधृत्‌ | न सुरा नासुरा लोके न गन्धर्वा न पन्नगा:

Transliteration

yāṁś ca ghoreṇa rūpeṇa paśyet kruddhaḥ pinākadhṛt | na surā nāsurā loke na gandharvā na pannagāḥ ||

Translation

凡被执持“毗那迦”神弓之主在震怒时、以可怖形相所注视者，世间无有能立于其前者：非天神，非阿修罗，非乾闼婆，亦非龙蛇之族。

Word by Word

• यान्: whom/which (persons)
• यान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• घोरेण: with terrible
• घोरेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• रूपेण: form/appearance
• रूपेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पश्येत्: might see/should see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पिनाकधृत्: the bearer of the Pināka (Śiva)
• पिनाकधृत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाक-धृ
• Form: Agent noun (क्विप्) from धृ, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not/no
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• असुराः: asuras/demons
• असुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• न: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• गन्धर्वाः: gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पन्नगाः: serpents
• पन्नगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (speaker)
• Pinākadhṛt (Śiva/Rudra)
• Pināka (bow)
• Suras (Devas)
• Asuras
• Gandharvas
• Pannagas (Nāgas/serpent-beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

All classes of beings—divine, demonic, celestial, or serpentine—are powerless before the supreme Lord when His wrath manifests; ethically, it warns against arrogance and wrongdoing that invite destructive consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is describing the overwhelming, fearsome potency of the Pināka-bearing Lord (Śiva/Rudra): if He looks upon someone in anger in His terrible form, no being in the world—gods, asuras, Gandharvas, or nāgas—can withstand it.