Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 50
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
इत्थं स दैत्यैरभिनोदितस्तु हिरण्यचक्षुस्तनयो महर्षे उद्यम्य वेगात् परिघं हुताशं समाद्रवत् तिष्ठ तिष्ठ ब्रुवन् हि
itthaṃ sa daityairabhinoditastu hiraṇyacakṣustanayo maharṣe udyamya vegāt parighaṃ hutāśaṃ samādravat tiṣṭha tiṣṭha bruvan hi
Ainsi, poussé par les Daitya, ô grand sage, le fils d’Hiraṇyacakṣus leva un parigha (barre/masse de fer) et, se ruant avec vitesse vers Hutāśana, s’élança en criant : «Arrête ! Arrête !»
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FAQs
Encouragement by peers can intensify rashness; the verse depicts how collective pressure amplifies violent resolve. Purāṇically, such momentum often precedes a humbling encounter with divine law.
Event-narration (carita) within a genealogical/heroic continuum (vamśānucarita), signaled by identification through lineage (“son of Hiraṇyacakṣus”).
The iron parigha represents brute material force confronting elemental divinity (fire). The shout “Stand!” dramatizes the Daitya attempt to ‘arrest’ the unstoppable—an image of ego challenging the irreversible workings of ṛta/dharma.