Shloka 6

Rudra’s Omitted Share in the Yajña (रुद्रभागानुपपत्तिः — यज्ञोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

लोकयज्जैर्नयजैश्व कपर्दी विदधे धनु: । धनु: सृष्टमभूत्‌ तस्य पठ्चकिष्कुप्रमाणत:

Transliteration

lokayajñair manuṣyayajñaiś ca kapardī vidadhe dhanuḥ | dhanuḥ sṛṣṭam abhūt tasya pañca-kiṣku-pramāṇataḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：结发的主湿婆以“世间之祭”与“人众之祭”的仪轨，铸成一张弓。他所造之弓，长五基什库（古制长度单位）。

Word by Word

• लोकयज्ञैः: by/with world-sacrifices
• लोकयज्ञैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकयज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नृयज्ञैः: by/with human-sacrifices
• नृयज्ञैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृयज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• कपर्दी: the matted-haired one (Śiva)
• कपर्दी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विदधे: made, fashioned
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धनुः: a bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: the bow
• धनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सृष्टम्: created, made
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: became, was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पञ्चकिष्कुप्रमाणतः: in measure of five kiṣkus (cubits)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्चकिष्कुप्रमाण

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śiva (Kapardī)
• dhanuḥ (bow)
• lokayajña
• manuṣyayajña
• kiṣku (unit of measure)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links the creation of a weapon to yajña (sacrificial order), implying that power should be rooted in sacred discipline and cosmic/social welfare, not in uncontrolled aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Lord Śiva (Kapardī) creates a bow through specific sacrificial rites, and the bow’s size is specified as five kiṣkus, emphasizing its deliberate, measured construction.