Vamana Purana — Harihara Non-Duality, Shloka 32

Harihara Non-Duality and the Revelation of Sadasiva to the Ganas

Devanagari script

स चाप्यञ्जनसंकाशः कथं तेनेह युज्यते तेषां वचनमर्थाढ्यं श्रुत्वा जीमूतवाहनः

Transliteration

sa cāpyañjanasaṃkāśaḥ kathaṃ teneha yujyate teṣāṃ vacanamarthāḍhyaṃ śrutvā jīmūtavāhanaḥ

Translation

«وكيف يمكن لذاك—الذي لونه داكن كالأَنْجَنَة (añjana، الكُحل)—أن يرتبط به هنا؟» فلمّا سمع جيموتافاهانا (مركبة السحاب) قولهم الغنيّ بالمعنى، [تهيّأ للجواب].

Speakers

• Narrative voice describing Jīmūtavāhana’s reaction after hearing ‘their’ words (addressed to a group
• clarified in next verse as gaṇas).

Key Themes

• Interpretive doubt and reconciliation of descriptions
• Color symbolism (dark hue likened to añjana)
• Transition to authoritative explanation

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is implied by the comparison ‘añjana-saṃkāśa’ (black like collyrium)?

It signals a striking dark complexion—often used in Purāṇic style to mark a figure’s appearance or to raise a question about identity/association. Here it functions as the crux of a doubt: how such a ‘dark-hued’ figure can be properly ‘connected’ with the subject under discussion.

Who is Jīmūtavāhana in this context?

Within these verses he is the named respondent who, after hearing a meaningful statement, is about to address an assembly (gaṇas). The epithet ‘cloud-vehicle’ suggests a lofty or celestial characterization, but the verse itself does not specify deity-status.

Does this verse contain tīrtha-geography typical of the Vāmana Purāṇa?

Not directly. This is a narrative hinge-verse setting up an explanation; no place-names or hydrography appear here.