Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 31
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
तमुवाच महायोगी त्वन्मातापिररौ यदि दास्येते च ततः सूनुर्दायादो मे ऽसि पुत्रक
tamuvāca mahāyogī tvanmātāpirarau yadi dāsyete ca tataḥ sūnurdāyādo me 'si putraka
The great yogin said to him: “If your mother and father will give (you) [to me/into my charge], then you will be my son—my heir, dear child.”
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FAQs
It evokes the dharmic notion of formal entrustment—akin to giving a child into a guru’s care or acknowledging a new lineal status. It legitimizes the relationship so that the recipient becomes a rightful successor (dāyāda) to teachings or responsibilities.
‘Dāyāda’ signals more than affection; it denotes lawful succession. In Purāṇic pedagogy, it marks the student as an authorized inheritor of a doctrinal lineage, ensuring the teaching is transmitted within a sanctioned chain.
Not yet. It establishes eligibility and relationship. The specific yoga or doctrine would typically follow in subsequent verses/sections, after the narrative confirms the disciple’s right to receive it.