SB 10.54.29 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.29

परिघं पट्टिशं शूलं चर्मासी शक्तितोमरौ । यद् यदायुधमादत्त तत्सर्वं सोऽच्छिनद्धरि: ॥ २९ ॥

parighaṁ paṭṭiśaṁ śūlaṁ

[parigham pattisham shoolam]

carmāsī śakti-tomarau

[charmaasee shakti-tomarau]

yad yad āyudham ādatta

[yad yad aayudham aadatta]

tat sarvaṁ so ’cchinad dhariḥ

[tat sarvam so ’chchinad dharih]

Word-for-word

parigham — spiked iron bludgeon paṭṭiśam — three-pointed spear śūlam — lance carma - asī — shield and sword śakti — pike tomarau — javelin yat yat — whatever āyudham — weapon ādatta — he took up tat sarvam — all of them saḥ — He acchinat — broke hariḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

parighaṁ paṭṭiśaṁ śūlaṁ

parigham

spiked iron bludgeon

paṭṭiśam

three-pointed spear

śūlam

lance

carmāsī śakti-tomarau

carma - asī

shield and sword

śakti

pike

tomarau

javelin

yad yad āyudham ādatta

yat yat

whatever

āyudham

weapon

ādatta

he took up

tat sarvaṁ so ’cchinad dhariḥ

tat sarvam

all of them

saḥ

acchinat

broke

hariḥ

Lord Kṛṣṇa .

Important Words

hariḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa (lit. the Remover)
From √hṛ, 'to take away.' Hari is the Lord because He takes away — sins, attachments, and now Rukmī's weapons. Gauḍīyas read every act of Kṛṣṇa's 'taking' as preparation for giving Himself in return.
parigham — iron bludgeon
A heavy club studded with iron. Stock weapon of the heaviest infantry. Even the densest material is fragile against the Lord's lightness.
śūlam — lance / trident
Same word as Śiva's trident. Vyāsa's understated joke: Rukmī wields a śūla, but he is no Śiva, and the One in front of him is the Master of even Śiva.
tat-sarvam — all of them
Tat (that) + sarva (all). The completeness is the point — not 'most of them,' not 'eventually,' but ALL of them. Bhagavān's protection has no leakage.
yat-yat — whatever
Doubled relative — 'whichever and whichever.' The Bhāgavatam's grammar of exhaustiveness. Cf. BG 10.41's 'yad yad vibhūtimat sattvam' — wherever there is glory, there I am. Same doubling, opposite direction: here, wherever there is weapon, there I break.

Iron bludgeon, three-pointed spear, sword and shield, pike, javelin — whatever weapon Rukmī picked up, Lord Hari smashed it to bits.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Iron bludgeon, three-pointed spear, sword and shield, pike, javelin—whatever weapon Rukmī picked up, Lord Hari smashed it to bits.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

Kṛṣṇa then destroyed other weapons of Rukmī which he took up successively. Instead of śakti-tomarau sometimes śakti-tomarāni is seen. This indicates that he took up many pikes and javelins. The paṭtiṣa and asi, and the śūla and śakti are slightly different in shape. The tomara is a type of śūla (lance). Whatever other weapons he was able to obtain were also destroyed. He who destroys the wicked (harih) destroyed them all. There is a version with ādadhyāt. The meter is irregular then. This version is accepted by many groups. There are various contrary versions in different traditions.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

Instead of śakti-tomarau sometimes śakti-tomarāni is seen. Paṭtiśa and asi, aas well as the śula and śakti are slightly different in shape. Tomara is a type of arrow. They are listed from heavy to light items. Other weapons were also used (yad yad). The Lord was he who is our master, controlled by his devotees (saḥ). Though he was capable of killing him immediately, he smashed his weapons.

Related values & verses

Related values

Bhakti (Devotion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Daksya (Resourcefulness / Skill)

Concepts

Jiva

Personal Guidance

Iron bludgeon, three-pointed spear, sword and shield, pike, javelin — whatever Rukmī picks up, Hari smashes. The arsenal-by-arsenal exhaustion is poetic; the enemy must eventually stand empty-handed.

Reflection Questions

Which arsenal-by-arsenal exhaustion are you in with an inner adversary?
Where would standing empty-handed be the breakthrough?

Analogy

Whatever Rukmī picks up — club, spear, sword, shield, pike, javelin — Kṛṣṇa shatters. The verse becomes a catalog of useless arms. So too the soul: whatever it picks up against the Lord (intelligence, opulence, family, scholarship) breaks in His hand. Disarmament is the precondition of bhakti.

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