धनू रुद्रस्तु सङ्कृद्धो विदेहेषु महायशा:। देवरातस्य राजर्षेर्ददौ हस्ते ससायकम्।
Meaning
'Enraged at this, glorious Rudra placed that bow, together with its arrow, into the hands of the royal sage Devarata in Videha.'
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| dhanuḥ rudraḥ tu saṅkṛddhaḥ | धनुः रुद्रः तु सङ्कृद्धः | but Rudra, angered, [gave] the bow | Accusative / Nominative / Adverbial / Nominative |
| videheṣu mahā-yaśāḥ | विदेहेषु महा-यशाः | among the Videhas, of great fame | Locative plural / Nominative |
| devarātasya rāja-ṛṣeḥ | देवरातस्य राज-ऋषेः | into the hand of the royal sage Devarata | Genitive / Genitive |
| dadau haste sa-sāyakam | ददौ हस्ते स-सायकम् | gave, together with its arrow, into the hand | Verb (perfect) / Locative / Accusative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source traces this bow's earlier history to the aftermath of Daksha Prajapati's ritual -- cross-referenced to Bala Kanda 1.66.9 -- where Shiva was excluded from the invitation, his wife Sati self-immolated in response, and his agent Virabhadra ravaged the ritual grounds. It frames the whole sequence, including the Shiva-Vishnu duel, as showing how a single person's ill will (Daksha's refusal to give Sati to Shiva) can unravel even a sacred marriage.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.75.20 · Bāla Kāṇḍa