Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Coronation, Shloka 26

Andhaka’s Coronation, Boons from Shiva, and the Daiva–Asura War (Vahana Catalogues)

Devanagari script

अन्धकस्य रथो दिव्यो युक्तः परमवाजिभिः कृष्णवर्णैः सहस्रारस् त्रनल्वपरिमाणवान्

Transliteration

andhakasya ratho divyo yuktaḥ paramavājibhiḥ kṛṣṇavarṇaiḥ sahasrāras tranalvaparimāṇavān

Translation

وكانت عربة أندهاكا عربةً إلهية، مُقترنةً بخيولٍ ممتازة سوداء اللون؛ ذاتَ ألفِ شعاعٍ، وبمقدارٍ يُوصَف بـ«ترَنالڤا».

Word by Word

• अन्धकस्य: of Andhaka
• अन्धकस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: कर्ता/विषय (Subject/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दिव्यः: divine
• दिव्यः: विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘रथः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• युक्तः: yoked
• युक्तः: विशेषण (Predicate adjective of ‘रथः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘yoked/connected’

• परम-वाजिभिः: with excellent horses
• परम-वाजिभिः: करण (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘excellent horses’

• कृष्ण-वर्णैः: black-colored
• कृष्ण-वर्णैः: विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘वाजिभिः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय; ‘black-colored’ (qualifying the horses)

• सहस्र-अरः: thousand-spoked
• सहस्र-अरः: विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘रथः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: ‘having a thousand spokes’

• त्र-नल्व-परिमाणवान्: of the measure of three nalvas
• त्र-नल्व-परिमाणवान्: विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘रथः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + नल्व (प्रातिपदिक; मापन/संख्या-शब्द) + परिमाणवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘having the measure of three nalvas’ (numerical-measure compound)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (commonly framed as Pulastya speaking to Nārada in the Vāmana Purāṇa narrative layer)

Key Themes

• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Martial imagery
• Epic-style cataloguing

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "vira", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Power and splendor (divine vehicles, exceptional steeds) are portrayed as available even to Daityas; the Purāṇic ethic typically subordinates such might to dharma, implying that grandeur without right conduct does not secure ultimate victory.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita / Carita material (narrative description of notable figures—here, Daitya leaders—within a battle/account episode), rather than sarga/pratisarga.

What is the symbolic significance?

The ‘thousand-spoked’ motif echoes cosmic/solar wheel imagery used for sovereignty and irresistible force; applying it to Andhaka underscores formidable but potentially adharmic power that will be checked by divine order.