Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 66: The History of Lord Śiva’s bow
Text 1.66.10
यस्माद्भागार्थिनो भागान्नाकल्पयत मे सुराः।
वराङ्गानि महार्हणि धनुषा शातयामि वः॥
yasmād bhāgārthino bhāgān nākalpayata me surāḥ
varāṅgāni mahārhaṇi dhanuṣā śātayāmi vaḥ
yasmāt = because; bhāga-arthinaḥ bhāgān na akalpayata me = you have denied me the shares of the sacrificial offerings I deserve; surāḥ = O demigods; vara-aṅgāni = heads; mahā-arhāṇi = greatly valuable; dhanuṣā = with my bow; śātayāmi = I will cut off; vaḥ = your.
O demigods, I will cut off your greatly valuable heads with my bow because you have denied me the shares of the sacrificial offerings I deserve.
1 The Agni Sviṣṭakṛt is a sacrifice mentioned in the Sāṅkhyāyana Śrauta-sūtra of the Ṛg Veda.
Lord Śiva deserved the shares of sacrificial offerings during the Agni Sviṣṭakṛt and other sacrifices.1