बाणार्थे भगवान् रुद्र: ससुत: प्रमथैर्वृत: । आरुह्य नन्दिवृषभं युयुधे रामकृष्णयो: ॥ ६ ॥
bāṇārthe bhagavān rudraḥ sa-sutaḥ pramathair vṛtaḥ āruhya nandi-vṛṣabhaṁ yuyudhe rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ
- bāṇa-arthe
- for Bāṇa’s sake
- bhagavān rudraḥ
- Lord Śiva
- sa-sutaḥ
- together with his son (Kārtikeya, the general of the demigods’ army)
- pramathaiḥ
- by the Pramathas (mystic sages who always attend Lord Śiva, appearing in a multitude of forms)
- vṛtaḥ
- accompanied
- āruhya
- riding
- nandi
- on Nandi
- vṛṣabham
- his bull
- yuyudhe
- he fought
- rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ
- with Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa
Lord Rudra, accompanied by his son Kārtikeya and the Pramathas, came riding on Nandi, his bull carrier, to fight Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa on Bāṇa’s behalf.