Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 45
The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)
गगनात् स परिभ्रष्टः पथि वायुनिषेविते यदृच्छया निपतितो यन्त्रमुक्तो यथोपलः
gaganāt sa paribhraṣṭaḥ pathi vāyuniṣevite yadṛcchayā nipatito yantramukto yathopalaḥ
إذ انزلقَ من السماء، وعلى مسارٍ تجتاحه الرياح، هوى عاجزًا—كحجرٍ أُطلِقَ من آلةٍ ذاتِ آلية.
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FAQs
When divine law (dharma/ṛta) asserts itself, the individual’s sense of control collapses; the ‘chance’ (yadṛcchā) here underlines helplessness once one’s merit or protection is exhausted.
Episode narration supporting Carita/Vamśānucarita: it illustrates consequences within a story rather than cosmogenesis or dynastic catalogues.
The simile ‘like a stone released from a machine’ conveys inevitability and momentum: once the trigger is pulled (Śiva’s glance in the prior verse), the fall proceeds mechanically—suggesting the impersonal certainty of karmic consequence under divine governance.