Devanagari
यस्य ह वा इदं कालेनोपसञ्जिहीर्षतोऽमर्षविरचितरुचिरभ्रमद्भ्रुवोरन्तरेण साङ्कर्षणो नाम रुद्र एकादशव्यूहस्त्र्यक्षस्त्रिशिखं शूलमुत्तम्भयन्नुदतिष्ठत् ॥ ३ ॥
Verse text
yasya ha vā idaṁ kālenopasaṣjihīrṣato ’marṣa-viracita-rucira-bhramad-bhruvor antareṇa sāṅkarṣaṇo nāma rudra ekādaśa-vyūhas try-akṣas tri-śikhaṁ śūlam uttambhayann udatiṣṭhat.
Synonyms
yasya
—
of whom
;
ha vā
—
indeed
;
idam
—
this (material world)
;
kālena
—
in due course of time
;
upasaṣjihīrṣataḥ
—
desiring to destroy
;
amarṣa
—
by anger
;
viracita
—
formed
;
rucira
—
very beautiful
;
bhramat
—
moving
;
bhruvoḥ
—
the two eyebrows
;
antareṇa
—
from between
;
sāṅkarṣaṇaḥ nāma
—
named Sāṅkarṣaṇa
;
rudraḥ
—
an incarnation of Lord Śiva
;
ekādaśa
—
vyūhaḥ — who has eleven expansions
;
tri
—
akṣaḥ — three eyes
;
tri
—
śikham — having three points
;
śūlam
—
a trident
;
uttambhayan
—
raising
;
udatiṣṭhat
—
arose .
Translation
At the time of devastation, when Lord Anantadeva desires to destroy the entire creation, He becomes slightly angry. Then from between His two eyebrows appears three-eyed Rudra, carrying a trident. This Rudra, who is known as Sāṅkarṣaṇa, is the embodiment of the eleven Rudras, or incarnations of Lord Śiva. He appears in order to devastate the entire creation.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
When Ananta desires to destroy the entire creation, from between his two moving eyebrows appears three-eyed Rudra, composed of anger, with eleven expansions, carrying a raised trident.
Because māyā is controlled by his desire, when Ananta greatly desired to destroy this universe (idam), Rudra, made of anger, which is an effect of tamas, belonging to māyā, made his appearance. The phrase amarṣa-viracita (made of anger) modified Rudra. It should actually be amarṣa-viracitaḥ. Just as a lotus composed of rajo-guṇa appears from the navel of the second puruṣa who desires to create, Rudra composed of tamas appears from the brow of Ananta when Ananta desires to destroy.
Purport
In each creation, the living entities are given a chance to close their business as conditioned souls. When they misuse this opportunity and do not go back home, back to Godhead, Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa becomes angry. The eleven Rudras, expansions of Lord Śiva, come out of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa’s eyebrows due to His angry mood, and all of them together devastate the entire creation.