Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 38
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
श्रुतत्वाथ शब्दं दितिजैः समीरितं जम्भप्रधाना दितिजेश्वरास्ततः समभ्यधावंस्त्वरिता जलेश्वरं यथा पतङ्गा ज्वलितं हुताशनम्
śrutatvātha śabdaṃ ditijaiḥ samīritaṃ jambhapradhānā ditijeśvarāstataḥ samabhyadhāvaṃstvaritā jaleśvaraṃ yathā pataṅgā jvalitaṃ hutāśanam
Alors, entendant le cri poussé par les Daitya, nés de Diti, les seigneurs daitya—conduits par Jambha—se ruèrent avec hâte vers le Seigneur des eaux, tels des papillons de nuit se jetant dans un brasier ardent.
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FAQs
Impulsive aggression, driven by pride and group-fury, leads beings toward ruin—like insects drawn to fire. The verse cautions against unexamined reaction to alarm and the escalation of violence.
Vamśānucarita / narrative episode (ākhyāna) within the broader dynastic-heroic material: it portrays conflict among cosmic factions (devas/daityas) used to teach dharma through exempla.
The moth-to-flame simile is a standard Purāṇic warning: sense-driven attraction (or rage-driven attraction to battle) becomes a self-consuming fire. Varuṇa, as ‘jaleśvara’, represents stabilizing order, against which reckless assault is futile.