Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 10

The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage

Devanagari script

धारयिष्याम्यहं तेजस्तथैव श्रुणु सत्तम तपसाहं सुतप्तेन समाराध्य जनार्दनम्

Transliteration

dhārayiṣyāmyahaṃ tejastathaiva śruṇu sattama tapasāhaṃ sutaptena samārādhya janārdanam

Translation

“I shall sustain this spiritual power; likewise, listen, O best of beings. Having performed well-heated austerity, I will propitiate Janārdana (Viṣṇu).”

Word by Word

• धारयिष्यामि: I will bear/hold
• धारयिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) अर्थः ‘धारयिष्यामि’ = I will bear/hold

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषसर्वनाम; प्रथमा (Nom./1st), एकवचन; लिङ्ग-अनिश्चित

• तेजः: splendor/energy
• तेजः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Acc./2nd), एकवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थक (thus)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सत्तम: O best one
• सत्तम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), सम्बोधन (Voc./8th), एकवचन; ‘श्रेष्ठ’

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया (Instr./3rd), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nom./1st), एकवचन

• सुतप्तेन: well-performed (austerity)
• सुतप्तेन: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुतप्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग?—रूपतः तृतीया (Instr./3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण ‘अतितप्तेन/सुप्रतप्तेन’ (well-performed)

• समाराध्य: having propitiated
• समाराध्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive) ‘समाराध्य’ = having propitiated

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Acc./2nd), एकवचन; विष्णोर्नाम

Speakers

• Context implies a character speaking within Pulastya’s narration (explicit speaker not named in this verse)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Janārdana)

Key Themes

• Tapas
• Bhakti
• Divine grace
• Sectarian harmony (implicit, as later verses involve Hara and Brahmā)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Austerity (tapas) is presented as disciplined inner power (tejas) directed toward devotion—spiritual potency is to be ‘borne’ responsibly and oriented to the divine rather than egoic display.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This aligns most closely with Vamśānucarita / narrative-episode material (ākhyāna) rather than cosmogenesis; it is a character-driven account emphasizing tapas and divine propitiation.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Tejas’ sustained through ‘sutapta tapas’ symbolizes concentrated consciousness. Janārdana as the object of propitiation foreshadows a theological frame where divine favor regulates cosmic hierarchy and pride.