Shloka 19

Matsya Purana — Tārakāsura’s Austerity and Boon; Mobilization for War; Bṛhaspati’s Fourfold P...

Devanagari script

वयं च जातिधर्मेण कृतवैराः सहामरैः तैश्च निःशेषिता दैत्याः क्रूरैः संत्यज्य धर्मिताम् तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता भवेयमिति मे मतिः //

Transliteration

vayaṃ ca jātidharmeṇa kṛtavairāḥ sahāmaraiḥ taiśca niḥśeṣitā daityāḥ krūraiḥ saṃtyajya dharmitām teṣāmahaṃ samuddhartā bhaveyamiti me matiḥ //

Translation

“We too, by the dharma of our own kind, have entered into enmity with the gods. And by those cruel ones the Daityas have been utterly exterminated, having abandoned righteousness. Therefore it is my conviction: ‘May I become their deliverer and rescuer.’”

Word by Word

• वयम् (vayam): we

• च (ca): and

• जाति-धर्मेण (jāti-dharmeṇa): by the duty/law of one’s class or kind

• कृत-वैराः (kṛta-vairāḥ): having made enmity, having become hostile

• सह-अमरैः (sahāmaraiḥ): together with the immortals (gods)

• तैः च (taiś ca): and by them

• निःशेषिताः (niḥśeṣitāḥ): completely destroyed, left without remainder

• दैत्याः (daityāḥ): the Daityas (sons of Diti

• क्रूरैः (krūraiḥ): by the cruel ones

• संत्यज्य (saṃtyajya): having abandoned, casting aside

• धर्मिताम् (dharmitām): righteousness/dharmic conduct (state of being dharmic)

• तेषाम् (teṣām): of them

• अहम् (aham): I

• समुद्धर्ता (samuddhartā): rescuer, one who lifts up and saves

• भवेयम् (bhaveyam): may I become

• इति (iti): thus

• मे (me): my

• मतिः (matiḥ): intention, resolve, considered view.

Speaker

• Likely Lord Matsya (Vishnu) speaking to Vaivasvata Manu (dialogue context of Matsya Purana narrative style)

Entities Mentioned

• Amaras (Devas)
• Daityas
• Dharma

Tags

• Dharma
• Daitya-Deva conflict
• Compassion
• Restoration of order
• Puranic ethics

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe Pralaya directly; it emphasizes moral crisis—beings abandoning dharma—and the divine resolve to uplift and restore order, a theme that often accompanies cosmic upheavals in Purāṇic storytelling.

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

It frames dharma as higher than factional hostility: even amid inherited or group-based enmity, the ideal leader protects and rehabilitates those who have fallen from righteousness, aiming at social restoration rather than mere annihilation.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu/temple-building or ritual procedure is stated in this verse; its significance is ethical—compassionate ‘uplift’ (samuddhāra) as a dharmic principle that later informs righteous governance and ritual intent.