Shloka 75.17Unverified draft
तदा तु जृम्भितं शैवं धनुर्भीमपराक्रमम्। हुङ्कारेण महादेव स्तम्भितोऽथ त्रिलोचन:।
Meaning
'Then, with a mere roar, Vishnu made Shiva's terrible bow go slack, and three-eyed Mahadeva himself was left motionless.'
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tadā tu jṛmbhitam śaivam | तदा तु जृम्भितम् शैवम् | then the gaping bow of Shiva | Adverbial / Adverbial / Nominative / Nominative |
| dhanuḥ bhīma-parākramam | धनुः भीम-पराक्रमम् | of terrible power | Nominative / Nominative |
| huṅkāreṇa mahā-devaḥ | हुङ्कारेण महा-देवः | Mahadeva, by the roar | Instrumental / Nominative |
| stambhitaḥ atha tri-locanaḥ | स्तम्भितः अथ त्रि-लोचनः | the three-eyed one was then rendered motionless | Nominative / Adverbial / Nominative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source cites two named commentators on this moment: Govindaraja glosses the bow as jrimbhitam, 'broken/gaped open' by Vishnu's hum of disapproval, while Maheshvara Tirtha holds that both the bow and Shiva himself are rendered jada, motionless, by the same act.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.75.17 · Bāla Kāṇḍa