Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Coronation, Shloka 42
Andhaka’s Coronation, Boons from Shiva, and the Daiva–Asura War (Vahana Catalogues)
पिबन्त्यसृग्गाढतरं भटानामालिङ्ग्य मांसानि च भक्षयन्ति वसां विलुम्पन्ति च वनिस्फुरन्ति गर्जन्त्यथान्योन्यमथो वयांसि
pibantyasṛggāḍhataraṃ bhaṭānāmāliṅgya māṃsāni ca bhakṣayanti vasāṃ vilumpanti ca vanisphuranti garjantyathānyonyamatho vayāṃsi
તેઓ યોધ્ધાઓનું ઘાટું લોહી પીવે છે; દેહને આલિંગન કરીને માંસ ભક્ષે છે. તેઓ ચરબી લૂંટી ઉન્માદથી કંપે છે; અને શવભક્ષી પક્ષીઓ પણ પરસ્પર કર્કશ બૂમો પાડે છે।
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FAQs
The graphic imagery functions as a dharma-warning: when humans (or gods/asuras through their proxies) choose unrestrained violence, the world is reduced to a feast for death-associated forces. It underscores the karmic and social pollution (aśauca) generated by war.
Again, this is narrative description within episodic history (carita/vamśānucarita mode). It supports the Purāṇic aim of illustrating dharma through exemplary events rather than cosmogenesis.
Blood, flesh, and fat symbolize life-force dissipated into tamas. Carrion birds calling to each other are classic śakuna (ominous signs), marking the battlefield as a śmaśāna-like inversion of sacrificial order (yajña), where offerings are not to gods but to death.