Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 61
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
एतामृतुमतीं जातां महिषो ऽन्यो ददर्श ह सा चाभ्यगाद् दितिवरं रक्षन्ती शीलमात्मनः
etāmṛtumatīṃ jātāṃ mahiṣo 'nyo dadarśa ha sā cābhyagād ditivaraṃ rakṣantī śīlamātmanaḥ
Ein anderer Büffel sah sie, als sie ṛtumatī (empfängnisbereit) geworden war. Während sie ihre eigene Keuschheit wahrte, näherte sie sich dem Besten der Söhne der Diti.
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds śīla (personal virtue/chastity) as something actively guarded; it implies moral agency even under threat, and sets up the narrative consequence for those who violate dharma.
Vamśānucarita / carita (narrative of beings and events), rather than cosmogenesis; it is an episode-like account illustrating dharmic norms through story.
ṛtumatī can symbolize vulnerability (a liminal bodily/social state). The insistence on guarding śīla frames virtue as a protective power that later draws supernatural refuge (Yakṣa protection).