Vamana Purana — Slaying of Raktabija, Shloka 15
The Slaying of Raktabīja and Niśumbha–Śumbha; the Manifestation of the Mātṛkās and the Devas’ Hymn
यजन्तु ब्राह्मणाद्यामी वर्णा यज्ञांश्च साम्प्रतम् नोचेद् बलावलेपेन भवन्तो योद्धुमिच्छथ
yajantu brāhmaṇādyāmī varṇā yajñāṃśca sāmpratam noced balāvalepena bhavanto yoddhumicchatha
“Let the social orders beginning with the brāhmaṇas now perform sacrifices. Otherwise, if through pride in strength you wish to fight…”
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FAQs
Purāṇic theology links political/cosmic stability to yajña and dharma. Asura domination is portrayed as disrupting sacrificial order; Devī’s victory is framed as restoring ritual and social norms that sustain the worlds.
It reflects the Purāṇic varṇa–yajña paradigm: society’s ordered duties are presented as a religious technology for maintaining ṛta/dharma. Scholarly reading treats it as a normative voice of the text’s milieu rather than a universal sociological description.
It marks the asuras’ motive as hubris rather than justice, contrasting dharmic submission (allowing yajña to resume) with adharma-driven violence, thereby legitimizing the coming divine intervention.