SB 10.63.13 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.63.13

ब्रह्मास्‍त्रस्य च ब्रह्मास्‍त्रं वायव्यस्य च पार्वतम् । आग्नेयस्य च पार्जन्यं नैजं पाशुपतस्य च ॥ १३ ॥

brahmāstrasya ca brahmāstraṁ

[brahmaastrasya cha brahmaastram]

vāyavyasya ca pārvatam

[vaayavyasya cha paarvatam]

āgneyasya ca pārjanyaṁ

[aagneyasya cha paarjanyam]

naijaṁ pāśupatasya ca

[naijam paashupatasya cha]

Word-for-word

brahma - astrasya — of the brahmāstra ca — and brahma - astram — a brahmāstra vāyavyasya — of the wind weapon ca — and parvatam — a mountain weapon āgneyasya — of the fire weapon ca — and pārjanyam — a rain weapon naijam — His own weapon (the nārāyaṇāstra ) pāśupatasya — of Lord Śiva’s own pāśupatāstra ca — and .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

brahmāstrasya ca brahmāstraṁ

brahma - astrasya

of the brahmāstra

and

brahma - astram

a brahmāstra

vāyavyasya ca pārvatam

vāyavyasya

of the wind weapon

and

parvatam

a mountain weapon

āgneyasya ca pārjanyaṁ

āgneyasya

of the fire weapon

and

pārjanyam

a rain weapon

naijaṁ pāśupatasya ca

naijam

His own weapon (the nārāyaṇāstra )

pāśupatasya

of Lord Śiva’s own pāśupatāstra

and .

Important Words

brahma-astrasya — of the brahmāstra
The highest mantra-weapon, invoked by brahma-mantras. Kṛṣṇa neutralizes it with another brahmāstra: same family, same potency. Gauḍīyas note that even the Veda's own most fearful astra is in His drawer.
pāśupatasya — of the pāśupata weapon
Śiva's personal supreme astra — the one Arjuna received after the Kirāta encounter. Even this, the asset of asset-holders, is matched here. Kṛṣṇa's reply is nārāyaṇāstra, His own personal weapon — Viṣṇu-tattva trumps Pāśupata-tattva.
naijam — His own
From nija — one's very own. Bhagavān deploys His nija-astra against Śiva's nija-astra. The chapter teaches by parallel structure: each side brings what is most personal; on the Viṣṇu side, the personal weapon is sovereign.
pārjanyam — the rain weapon
From Parjanya, the rain-cloud deity. Cited in Gītā 3.14 — annād bhavanti bhūtāni, parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ. The cosmic order of element-against-element is in Kṛṣṇa's hand even on a battlefield.

Lord Kṛṣṇa counteracted a brahmāstra with another brahmāstra, a wind weapon with a mountain weapon, a fire weapon with a rain weapon, and Lord Śiva’s personal pāśupatāstra weapon with His own personal weapon, the nārāyaṇāstra.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Lord Kṛṣṇa counteracted a brahmāstra with another brahmāstra, a wind weapon with a mountain weapon, a fire weapon with a rain weapon, and Lord Śiva's personal pāśupatāstra weapon with His own personal weapon, the nārāyaṇāstra.

Commentary

Counteracting Siva’s weapons is described in this verse. Brahmastra was countered with a Brahmastra. The verb "released" is understood from the previous verse. Krsna countered the pasupata weapon with his own weapon (naijam), the Narayana astra.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

When Śiva used a brahmāstra, Kṛṣṇa also used a brahmāstra. The verb is in the previous verse. Naijam means “his own.”

Related values & verses

Related values

Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Prema (Divine Love)

Concepts

Jiva

Related lectures

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Personal Guidance

Kṛṣṇa met brahmāstra with brahmāstra, wind with mountain, fire with rain, pāśupatāstra with nārāyaṇāstra. Wisdom answers each force with its exact remedy — the cure for one excess is not another excess but its precise opposite.

Reflection Questions

What in my life needs not more of the same medicine but a different kind?
Where is excess in me asking to be balanced rather than fed?

Analogy

Fire is quenched not by argument but by rain; wind is stilled not by another wind but by mountain. So each of Śiva's weapons is met by the element appointed to receive it. Kṛṣṇa is the ledger in which every śakti's opposite is already written.

📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io