'Prosperity to you. Show this great bow to the princes. This is their desire. Once their desire to see the bow is fulfilled, they will return.' [1-66-6]
Oh! godly sage, there was a king renowned as Devaraata, sixth one from Nimi ( the originator of our lineage ) and this bow was handed down to him for custodial care by the exalted lord (Shiva). [1-66-8]
'Once, during the devastation of the Vedic-ritual of Daksha Prajapati, the mettlesome god Rudra, sportively outstretching the bowstring of this bow, said this to all gods, furiously..... - [1-66-9]
- "Oh ! gods, whereby you have not apportioned my portion [of oblations in Vedic-ritual s, as I am also the] desirer of such portion, ( thereby ) I will shred the highly revered heads of yours with this bow." ( So said Shiva to gods. ) [1-66-10]