Shloka 77

Matsya Purana — Inquiry into Taraka’s Slaying and the Prelude to Guha

Devanagari script

*वज्राङ्ग उवाच केन ते ऽपकृतं भीरु यमलोकं यियासुना कं वा कामं प्रयच्छामि शीघ्रं मे ब्रूहि भामिनि //

Transliteration

*vajrāṅga uvāca kena te 'pakṛtaṃ bhīru yamalokaṃ yiyāsunā kaṃ vā kāmaṃ prayacchāmi śīghraṃ me brūhi bhāmini //

Translation

Vajrāṅga said: “O timid one, by whom have you been wronged, that you are setting out for Yama’s world? Or what wish shall I grant you? Tell me quickly, O fair lady.”

Word by Word

• वज्राङ्ग उवाच: Vajrāṅga said

• केन: by whom

• ते: to you/your

• अपकृतम्: wrong/harm done

• भीरु: O fearful one

• यमलोकम्: to Yama’s realm (the world of Death)

• यियासुना: desiring to go/setting out

• कम् वा: or what

• कामम्: desire/wish

• प्रयच्छामि: I grant/I bestow

• शीघ्रम्: quickly

• मे: to me

• ब्रूहि: tell/say

• भामिनि: O lovely woman

Speaker

• Vajrāṅga

Entities Mentioned

• Vajrāṅga
• Yama
• Yamaloka

Tags

• Yamaloka
• Dialogue
• Afterlife
• Dharma
• Boons

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse does not address Pralaya directly; it focuses on a personal crisis framed through Yamaloka (the realm of Yama), reflecting ethical causality rather than cosmic dissolution.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

It models dharmic inquiry: before offering help or a boon, one should ask the cause of suffering (apakṛta—wrong done) and the true desire (kāma), implying responsible protection, compassionate listening, and just redress.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu/temple-architecture rule appears in this verse; its ritual frame is the moral-religious idea of Yamaloka, often associated in Purāṇic contexts with rites for the dead, though not specified here.