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Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 18

The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)

यज्विनो होमशालासु सह ऋत्विग्भिरध्वरे प्रावर्त्तयन्त कर्माणि रात्रावपि महामुने

yajvino homaśālāsu saha ṛtvigbhiradhvare prāvarttayanta karmāṇi rātrāvapi mahāmune

O great sage, the sacrificers, together with the officiating priests in the sacrifice, carried on the rites in the fire-halls even at night.

yajvinaḥsacrificers
yajvinaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyajvin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
homaśālāsuin the oblation-halls
homaśālāsu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothoma-śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास: होमस्य शाला (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन
sahatogether with
saha:
Sahakari (सहकारी)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सह-योगे (with), governs instrumental
ṛtvigbhiḥwith the priests
ṛtvigbhiḥ:
Sahakari (सहकारी)
TypeNoun
Rootṛtvij (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
adhvarein the sacrifice
adhvare:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootadhvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
prāvarttayantathey set in motion / performed
prāvarttayanta:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vṛt (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; causative (णिच्): ‘caused to proceed/initiated’
karmāṇirites / actions
karmāṇi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
rātrauat night
rātrau:
Kāla-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootrātri (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
apialso / even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — inclusion
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात; ‘also/even’
mahāmuneO great sage
mahāmune:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-muni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास: महांश्चासौ मुनिः (कर्मधारय); पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन
Address to ‘mahāmune’ indicates a narrator speaking to a sage; precise interlocutors not supplied in input
Agni (implied via homa/yajña context)
Vrata/RitualsYajñaVedic priests (ṛtvij)Dharma (proper performance of rites)

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FAQs

Dharma is shown as sustained commitment: sacred duty is not limited by convenience (daytime), but is maintained with order, community (ṛtviks), and continuity.

Primarily āgama/ācāra (ritual-dharma) material; it functions as prescriptive narrative detail rather than sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa accounts.

Night-time yajña suggests that sacred action ‘illumines’ darkness—ritual vigilance stands for inner wakefulness and uninterrupted remembrance of the divine.