Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 29

Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)

Devanagari script

भवान्प्यन्तरिक्षं हि जातमात्रस्तदोत्पतत् धारयन्नतुलां वीणां कुर्वन् किलकिलाध्वनिम्

Transliteration

bhavānpyantarikṣaṃ hi jātamātrastadotpatat dhārayannatulāṃ vīṇāṃ kurvan kilakilādhvanim

Translation

Und du wahrlich—kaum geboren—sprangst sogleich in den Luftraum empor, eine unvergleichliche Vīṇā haltend, und ließest ein schrilles, klapperndes Lauten erklingen.

Word by Word

• bhavān: you (honored)
• bhavān: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक (pronoun-like honorific)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), अर्थः ‘also/even’

• antarikṣam: the sky/space
• antarikṣam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antarikṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• jātamātraḥ: just born
• jātamātraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त, √jan जन्) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय-प्रायः) ‘जातः एव मात्रः’ = just born; कृदन्तः भूतकृदन्त/क्त (past participle) from √jan

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• utpatat: leapt up/flew up
• utpatat: Kriya (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (पत्)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः उत्-; धातु √pat ‘to fly/jump’

• dhārayan: holding/bearing
• dhārayan: Karta (कर्ता/Agent; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhṛ (धृ)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपद-प्रयोगः

• atulām: incomparable
• atulām: Karma (कर्म/Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atulā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying vīṇām)

• vīṇām: a vīṇā (lute)
• vīṇām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kurvan: making/producing
• kurvan: Karta (कर्ता/Agent; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kilakilādhvanim: a ‘kilakilā’ clattering sound
• kilakilādhvanim: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kilakilā (प्रातिपदिक) + dhvani (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः) ‘किलकिलायाः ध्वनिः’ = a ‘kilakilā’ sound

Speakers

• Not specified in input (likely within the main dialogue frame; exact speaker not determinable from verses alone)

Key Themes

• Mythic etiology
• Sound symbolism
• Disorder as sonic/psychic agitation

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The imagery suggests that disruptive tendencies manifest immediately and express themselves through agitation and noise—an ethical reminder to discipline speech and sensory expression, since ungoverned sound can embody inner turmoil.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

It continues an etiological thread (Sarga/Pratisarga-like) describing characteristics at birth of a being produced by a cosmic quarrel, contributing to the narrative of origins.

What is the symbolic significance?

The vīṇā (normally a refined, sāttvika instrument) juxtaposed with kilakilā (shrill clamor) symbolizes the distortion of sacred arts when seized by pride or discord—culture becomes cacophony when rooted in contention.