Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 4

Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac

Devanagari script

विश्वे ऽश्विनौ चच साध्याश्च मरुतो ऽनलभास्कराः समासाद्य पुरोडाशं भक्ष्याश्च महामुने

Transliteration

viśve 'śvinau caca sādhyāśca maruto 'nalabhāskarāḥ samāsādya puroḍāśaṃ bhakṣyāśca mahāmune

Translation

O great sage, the Viśvedevas, the Aśvins, the Sādhyas, the Maruts, Agni, and the Sun—having assembled—partook of the sacrificial rice-cake (puroḍāśa) and other foods.

Word by Word

• विश्वे: the Viśvedevas
• विश्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (देवगणः ‘विश्वेदेवाः’)

• अश्विनौ: the Aśvins (two)
• अश्विनौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• साध्याः: the Sādhyas
• साध्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अनल-भास्कराः: Agni and the Sun (groups)
• अनल-भास्कराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनल (प्रातिपदिक) + भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (अनलाश्च भास्कराश्च)

• समासाद्य: having approached / having reached
• समासाद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु)
• Form: उपसर्ग: सम्+आ+; क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• पुरोडाशम्: puroḍāśa (sacrificial cake)
• पुरोडाशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोडाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भक्ष्याः: (were) eaters / fit to eat (as consumers)
• भक्ष्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् मुनिः)

Speakers

• Narrative layer not explicit in the given excerpt (commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa)

Primary Deities

• Viśvedevas
• Aśvins
• Sādhyas
• Maruts
• Agni
• Sūrya

Key Themes

• Vedic ritual culture
• Deva-assembly
• Offering (yajña) and sanctified food (prasāda-like consumption)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse normalizes yajña as a cosmic, community act: divine powers are portrayed as participating in ordered ritual consumption, implying that right offering and shared sanctified food uphold harmony (ṛta/dharma).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Closest to Sarga/Pratisarga-style cosmological narration in miniature (depicting divine classes and their functions), though it also supports Vamśānucarita/charita contexts by setting the ritual-religious background for later episodes.

What is the symbolic significance?

The listing of deity-classes (Viśvedevas, Aśvins, Sādhyas, Maruts) alongside Agni and Sūrya symbolizes the full spectrum of Vedic divinity converging on yajña—fire (Agni) as mouth of gods and the Sun as cosmic witness.