Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 55

Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative

Devanagari script

तान् दृष्ट्वैव तदा चक्रे भावं दानवपार्थिवः महिष्यां रूपयुक्तायां त्रिहायण्यां तपोधन

Transliteration

tān dṛṣṭvaiva tadā cakre bhāvaṃ dānavapārthivaḥ mahiṣyāṃ rūpayuktāyāṃ trihāyaṇyāṃ tapodhana

Translation

À sa seule vue, le roi Daitya fut aussitôt épris de la reine, pourvue de beauté et âgée de trois ans, ô trésor d’austérité.

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having seen’

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/निश्चयार्थ

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• चक्रे: made/did
• चक्रे: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद-रूप (काव्यप्रयोगे)

• भावम्: a feeling/intent
• भावम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दानवपार्थिवः: the Daitya king
• दानवपार्थिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव + पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दानवानां पार्थिवः)

• महिष्याम्: in/with the queen (buffalo-cow)
• महिष्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिṣी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रूपयुक्तायाम्: endowed with beauty/form
• रूपयुक्तायाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप + युक्त (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘रूपेण युक्ता’ (endowed with form/beauty)

• त्रिहायण्याम्: three-year-old
• त्रिहायण्याम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + हायन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रीणि हायनानि यस्याः)

• तपोधन: O treasure of austerity (sage)
• तपोधन: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

Speakers

• Narrative layer not explicit in input (commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa framing)

Key Themes

• Daitya-Deva/Asura narrative background
• Royal lineage and progeny
• Kāma (desire) as narrative catalyst

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse presents kāma (desire) as the immediate force that initiates consequential lineage-events; Purāṇic storytelling often uses such impulses to explain births that later affect cosmic or political order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily Vamśānucarita (accounts of dynasties/lineages), as it sets up conception and descent that contribute to Daitya genealogical narration.

What is the symbolic significance?

The king’s instant attraction functions as the narrative ‘seed’ (bīja) leading to garbha and an underworld (Pātāla) connection—typical Purāṇic motifs linking desire, progeny, and subterranean realms associated with Asuras.