Shloka 66.9Unverified draft
दक्षयज्ञवधे पूर्वं धनुरायम्य वीर्यवान्। रुद्र: तु त्रिदशान् रोषात् स लीलम् इदम् अब्रवीत्
Meaning
In olden times the gods brought this wonderful bow to our kingdom. In this manner, O Sage, has it come and been preserved by our ancestors.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| dakṣayajñavadhe | दक्षयज्ञवधे | at the destruction of Daksha's sacrifice | locative |
| pūrvam | पूर्वम् | formerly | adverb |
| dhanur | धनुर् | the bow | accusative |
| āyamya | आयम्य | having drawn/stretched | gerund |
| vīryavān | वीर्यवान् | the mighty one | nominative adjective |
| rudras | रुद्रस् | Rudra (Shiva) | nominative |
| tu | तु | but | particle |
| tridaśān | त्रिदशान् | to the thirty (gods) | accusative |
| roṣāt | रोषात् | out of anger | ablative |
| sa | स | he | pronoun |
| līlam | लीलम् | playfully, scornfully | adverb |
| idam | इदम् | this | accusative |
| abravīt | अब्रवीत् | said | verb, past |
Reference: 1.66.9 · Bāla Kāṇḍa