अहं रुद्राय धनुरा तनोमि ब्रह्मद्विषे शरवे हन्तवा उ। अहं जनाय समदं कृणोम्यहं द्यावापृथिवी आ विवेश ॥ ६ ॥
ahaṁ rudrāya dhanurā tanōmi brahmadviṣē śaravē hantavā u | ahaṁ janāya samadaṁ kṛṇōmyahaṁ dyāvāpṛthivī ā vivēśa || 6 ||
Translation
I bend the bow for Rudra, that his arrow may slay the one who hates Brahman. I make battle for the people; I have entered into heaven and earth.
Word by word
- rudrāya
- for Rudra
- dhanuḥ ā tanōmi
- I bend the bow
- brahmadviṣē
- the one who hates Brahman
- śaravē
- for the arrow
- hantavai u
- to slay
- janāya
- for the people
- samadam kṛṇōmi
- I make battle
- dyāvāpṛthivī
- heaven and earth
- ā vivēśa
- I have entered into
Meaning
The power behind Rudra’s bow is hers: she strikes down what is hostile to the sacred. The book says she fights for those who take refuge in her, and dwells within heaven and earth as their inner ruler. It is the Saptaśatī’s whole story in a single verse.