Shloka 13
Rudra’s Omitted Share in the Yajña (रुद्रभागानुपपत्तिः — यज्ञोपाख्यानम्)
Devanagari script
ततः स यज्ञ विव्याध रौद्रेण हृदि पत्रिणा | अपक्रान्तस्ततो यज्ञो मृगो भूत्वा सपावक:
Transliteration
tataḥ sa yajñaṁ vivyādha raudreṇa hṛdi patriṇā | apakrāntas tato yajño mṛgo bhūtvā sapāvakaḥ ||
Translation
随后他以凶烈如鲁陀罗之箭，贯穿祭祀的心脏。于是那祭祀连同圣火一道，化作一头鹿，从彼处奔逃而去。
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
FormAvyaya
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञम्the sacrifice (Yajna)
यज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विव्याधpierced, struck
विव्याध:
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular
रौद्रेणwith a fierce/terrible (one)
रौद्रेण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootरौद्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
हृदिin the heart
हृदि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहृद्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पत्रिणाwith an arrow (feathered one)
पत्रिणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपत्रिन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अपक्रान्तःhaving fled/withdrawn
अपक्रान्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअप-क्रम्
FormPast Active Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
ततःfrom there/then
ततः:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
FormAvyaya
यज्ञःthe sacrifice (Yajna)
यज्ञः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मृगःa deer
मृगः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमृग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा), Indeclinable
सपावकःtogether with fire (Agni)
सपावकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस-पावक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
Yajña (personified sacrifice)P
Pāvaka/Agni (sacred fire)R
Rudra (as an epithet implied by raudra)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse suggests that when wrathful force intrudes upon sacred action, the integrity of ritual and dharma is endangered; the ‘flight’ of the yajña symbolizes the loss of auspicious order when violence dominates.
A fierce arrow strikes the personified sacrifice in the heart; the yajña, together with the sacred fire (Agni), transforms into a deer and escapes from the scene.