Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 47
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
ततः प्रगृह्य केशेषु खङ्गं च रविसप्रभम् छेत्तुकामो निजं शीर्षं वह्निना प्रतिषेधितः
tataḥ pragṛhya keśeṣu khaṅgaṃ ca ravisaprabham chettukāmo nijaṃ śīrṣaṃ vahninā pratiṣedhitaḥ
ત્યારે (અગ્નિએ) તેને વાળથી પકડી લીધો; સૂર્યપ્રભા સમ તેજસ્વી ખડ્ગ લઈને પોતાનું મસ્તક કાપવા ઇચ્છતા તેને અગ્નિએ રોક્યો।
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FAQs
Even when a person attempts to sanctify self-harm as ‘offering,’ the cosmic order (here personified by Agni) rejects it. Agni is not merely a consumer of oblations but a guardian of yajña-dharma.
Still within Vaṃśānucarita/Carita: an episodic narrative illustrating dharma through an asura’s extreme reaction and a divine check upon it.
The sword ‘sun-bright’ suggests sharpened resolve and violent clarity, but Agni’s prohibition indicates that true sacrificial fire does not accept offerings born of delusion (moha) and rage (krodha).