Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 2

Battle and Devotion

Devanagari script

ताडितस्याथ गदया धर्मपुत्रस्य नारद नेत्राभ्यामपतद् वारि वह्निवर्षनिभं भुवि

Transliteration

tāḍitasyātha gadayā dharmaputrasya nārada netrābhyāmapatad vāri vahnivarṣanibhaṃ bhuvi

Translation

O Nārada, when the son of Dharma was struck by the mace, water fell from his eyes onto the earth, resembling a rain of fire.

Word by Word

• tāḍitasya: of the struck one
• tāḍitasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √taḍ + kta (धातु-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; (धर्मपुत्रस्य इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• atha: then
• atha: Kriyā-sambandha (क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• gadayā: with a mace
• gadayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/inst.), एकवचन

• dharma-putrasya: of Dharma’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• dharma-putrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: धर्मस्य पुत्रः (युधिष्ठिरः)

• nārada: O Nārada
• nārada: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन (voc. sg.)

• netrābhyām: from the two eyes
• netrābhyām: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, द्विवचन (dual); ‘from/with the two eyes’ (instrumental/ablatival sense in context)

• apatat: fell down
• apatat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-√pat (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; अप-उपसर्गः

• vāri: water, tears
• vāri: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vahni-varṣa-nibham: like a rain of fire
• vahni-varṣa-nibham: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vahni + varṣa + nibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (वारि इत्यस्य विशेषणम्); तत्पुरुषः: वह्निवर्षस्य निभम् (like a rain of fire)

• bhuvi: on the ground
• bhuvi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speakers

• Likely Pulastya narrating to Nārada (dialogue framework typical of the Vāmana Purāṇa; not explicit in verse)

Primary Deities

• Dharmarāja/Yama (implied by 'dharmaputra')

Key Themes

• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Divine valor
• Poetic simile (tears as fire-rain)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even dharma-personified figures endure injury in cosmic conflict; the imagery stresses the gravity of adharma’s assault and the steadfastness required to uphold order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita / narrative of divine and daitya lineages in conflict (it is episodic heroic narration rather than sarga/pratisarga cosmology).

What is the symbolic significance?

Tears likened to a ‘rain of fire’ invert expectations: compassion/suffering becomes a forceful cosmic sign, highlighting the intensity of the battle and the moral heat of the confrontation.