Vamana Purana — Portents at Bali's Sacrifice, Shloka 32

Portents at Bali’s Sacrifice and the Kośakāra’s Son: The Power of Past Karma

Devanagari script

इत्येवमुक्ता सा रौद्रा राक्षसी कामचारिणी समाजगाम त्वरिता समुत्पत्य विहायसम्

Transliteration

ityevamuktā sā raudrā rākṣasī kāmacāriṇī samājagāma tvaritā samutpatya vihāyasam

Translation

આ રીતે કહ્યા પછી, તે રૌદ્ર, ઇચ્છાનુસાર ફરનારી રાક્ષસી ત્વરિત ઉછળી આકાશમાં ચાલી ગઈ.

Speakers

• Narrator voice describing the rākṣasī’s response to the prior command.

Key Themes

• Rakshasa supernatural mobility
• Obedience to command
• Aerial travel motif in Purāṇic storytelling

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "raudra", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the narrative function of calling her “kāmacāriṇī”?

It signals a standard rākṣasa-siddhi: unrestricted movement (often including shape-shifting and aerial travel). This heightens the threat and explains how abductions occur swiftly.

Does “vihāyasa” indicate a cosmological teaching here?

Not in a doctrinal sense. It is a narrative descriptor—she takes to the air—rather than a developed cosmology passage.

Are any pilgrimage geographies implied by her flight?

No named tīrtha, river, forest, or region appears. The verse remains non-toponymic.