Vamana Purana — Portents at Bali's Sacrifice, Shloka 32

Portents at Bali’s Sacrifice and the Kośakāra’s Son: The Power of Past Karma

Devanagari script

इत्येवमुक्ता सा रौद्रा राक्षसी कामचारिणी समाजगाम त्वरिता समुत्पत्य विहायसम्

Transliteration

ityevamuktā sā raudrā rākṣasī kāmacāriṇī samājagāma tvaritā samutpatya vihāyasam

Translation

Thus addressed, that fierce rākṣasī—moving at will—went quickly, leaping up into the sky.

Speakers

• Narrator voice describing the rākṣasī’s response to the prior command.

Key Themes

• Rakshasa supernatural mobility
• Obedience to command
• Aerial travel motif in Purāṇic storytelling

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "raudra", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the narrative function of calling her “kāmacāriṇī”?

It signals a standard rākṣasa-siddhi: unrestricted movement (often including shape-shifting and aerial travel). This heightens the threat and explains how abductions occur swiftly.

Does “vihāyasa” indicate a cosmological teaching here?

Not in a doctrinal sense. It is a narrative descriptor—she takes to the air—rather than a developed cosmology passage.

Are any pilgrimage geographies implied by her flight?

No named tīrtha, river, forest, or region appears. The verse remains non-toponymic.