Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 12

Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata

Devanagari script

सत्सु नित्यं सदा वैरमनाचारमसत्क्रिया संस्कारपरिहीनत्वमिदं द्वादशमं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

satsu nityaṃ sadā vairamanācāramasatkriyā saṃskāraparihīnatvamidaṃ dvādaśamaṃ smṛtam

Translation

L’inimitié constante envers les gens de bien, la conduite inconvenante, les actes vils, et l’état d’être dépourvu des rites purificatoires (saṃskāra) : cela est mémorisé comme la douzième faute.

Word by Word

• सत्सु: among the good (people)
• सत्सु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचनम्; locative plural

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सदा: always
• सदा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• वैरम्: enmity
• वैरम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; nominative/accusative singular

• अनाचारम्: misconduct
• अनाचारम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनाचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचनम्; nominative/accusative singular

• असत्क्रिया: evil conduct
• असत्क्रिया: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असत् + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; nominative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थः (bad/impious action)

• संस्कारपरिहीनत्वम्: lack of (proper) sacraments/refinement
• संस्कारपरिहीनत्वम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्कार + परिहीन + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचनम्; nominative/accusative singular; ‘-त्व’ भाववाचक (abstract noun)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचनम्; pronoun

• द्वादशमम्: twelfth
• द्वादशमम्: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचनम्; ordinal adjective agreeing with ‘इदम्’

• स्मृतम्: is declared/remembered
• स्मृतम्: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘is said/remembered’

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (context likely a narrator/teacher voice enumerating faults).

Key Themes

• Sadācāra (right conduct)
• Adharma and moral decline
• Saṃskāra (purificatory discipline)
• Ethics of social relations (attitude toward the virtuous)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Why is ‘enmity toward the good (satsu vairam)’ singled out as a major fault?

In Purāṇic dharma discourse, hostility toward sādhus and the virtuous is treated as a root-vice because it blocks learning, repentance, and association with dharma. It is not merely a social failing; it is a spiritual obstruction (saṅga-doṣa) that prevents the corrective influence of good company.

Does ‘saṃskāra-parihīnatva’ mean only neglect of ritual sacraments?

Primarily it denotes absence of the recognized saṃskāras that ‘refine’ a person into disciplined life-stages, but Purāṇic usage also implies lack of inner refinement—no training in restraint, cleanliness, truthfulness, and reverence—so the term bridges ritual and ethical formation.

How do anācāra and asatkriyā differ?

Anācāra is deviation from proper norms (ācāra) in conduct and lifestyle, while asatkriyā emphasizes the concrete performance of ignoble acts—actions that are socially and morally ‘unworthy’ (asat) rather than merely irregular.