Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 54
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
तुलापाणिश्च पुरुषो वीथ्यापणविचारकः नगराध्वानशालासु वसते तत्र नारद
tulāpāṇiśca puruṣo vīthyāpaṇavicārakaḥ nagarādhvānaśālāsu vasate tatra nārada
Un homme devient celui qui tient une balance en sa main—inspecteur et responsable des rues et du marché. Il demeure dans les villes, sur les grandes routes et dans les auberges de bord de route ; ainsi en est-il, ô Nārada.
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FAQs
The verse presents rebirth as shaped by prior conduct: one’s tendencies and actions can lead to constrained, marginal, or restless modes of life. It warns that worldly dealings—especially in trade and public transactions—carry ethical weight and karmic consequence.
This aligns most closely with Dharma/karma instruction embedded within Purāṇic narration rather than the five classic lakṣaṇas strictly; by pancalakṣaṇa mapping it is adjacent to 'vṛtti/dharma' material and may appear within genealogical/narrative frames but functions as karmavipāka (didactic ethics).
The 'scale in hand' symbolizes judgment, exchange, and measurement—suggesting that misuse of fairness/weights (literal or moral) binds one to a life defined by constant calculating and public scrutiny, lacking inner freedom.