Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 60

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

Devanagari script

आरोपिते दिनकरे ब्रह्माभ्येत्य सुकेशिनम् सबान्धवं सनगरं पुनरारोपयद् दिवि

Transliteration

āropite dinakare brahmābhyetya sukeśinam sabāndhavaṃ sanagaraṃ punarāropayad divi

Translation

When the Sun had been set back (on his chariot), Brahmā approached and restored Sukeśin—together with his kinsmen and his city—once again to heaven.

Word by Word

• āropite: when (he) had been placed (upon)
• āropite: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āropita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle) from causative āropayati; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; नपुंसक/पुं (सप्तमी-एकवचन) — ‘when (he) was mounted/placed’ (locative absolute with dinakare)

• dinakare: on/when the Sun (Dinakara)
• dinakare: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dinakara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; लोकेटिव्-अब्सोल्यूट् (with āropite)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• abhyetya: having approached
• abhyetya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √i (इ धातु)
• Form: उपसर्ग: अभि+; क्त्वान्त (absolutive): ‘having approached/come near’

• sukeśinam: Sukeśin (one with beautiful hair; proper name)
• sukeśinam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su+keśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘सुकेशः केशो यस्य’/‘सु-केशिन्’); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sa-bāndhavam: together with (his) relatives
• sa-bāndhavam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa+bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (सह/स- ‘with’ + बान्धव); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying sukeśinam)

• sa-nagaram: together with the city
• sa-nagaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa+nagara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (स- ‘with’ + नगर); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again)

• āropayat: placed (him) up / caused to mount
• āropayat: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ruh (रुह् धातु)
• Form: णिच् (causative) ‘to cause to mount/place’; लङ्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: आ

• divi: in heaven, in the sky
• divi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (or द्यौः-प्रातिपदिक), सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speakers

• Third-person narration (dialogue frame not explicit in excerpt)

Primary Deities

• Brahma
• Surya

Key Themes

• Cosmic administration
• Restoration
• Divine grace
• Order after disruption

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Restoration is not merely individual but communal: merit/boon can uplift one’s associates and polity, reflecting the Purāṇic idea that dharmic outcomes radiate to one’s dependents.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Within vaṃśānucarita/ākhyāna material: an episode describing the fortunes of a named figure (Sukeśin) and the intervention of a creator-deity (Brahmā).

What is the symbolic significance?

‘City and kinsmen’ ascending indicates reintegration into the celestial order; it also portrays Brahmā as the administrator who re-seats beings in their proper cosmic station once balance is regained.