Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 1
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
इती श्रीवामनपुराणे नवमो ऽध्यायः पुलस्त्य उवाच ततः प्रवृत्ते संग्रामे भीरूणां भयवर्धने सहस्रक्षो महाचापमादाय व्यसृजच्छरान्
itī śrīvāmanapurāṇe navamo 'dhyāyaḥ pulastya uvāca tataḥ pravṛtte saṃgrāme bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhane sahasrakṣo mahācāpamādāya vyasṛjaccharān
આ રીતે શ્રી વામનપુરાણનો નવમો અધ્યાય પૂર્ણ થયો. પુલસ્ત્ય બોલ્યા—પછી, યુદ્ધ શરૂ થતાં, જે ભીરુઓના ભયને વધારનાર હતું, સહસ્રાક્ષ (ઇન્દ્ર) મહાધનુષ્ય ધારણ કરીને બાણો છોડ્યા.
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FAQs
Leadership in crisis is portrayed as decisive action: Indra responds to chaos by taking up arms. The phrase 'fear of the timid' highlights how adharma-driven upheaval destabilizes society, requiring dharmic protection.
This is narrative (carita) material within the purāṇic dialogue frame; it does not directly present sarga/pratisarga genealogies here, but continues the episodic account of divine-asuric hostilities.
Indra’s 'great bow' and arrow-release symbolize the reassertion of ṛta (cosmic order) through the kṣātra function—force disciplined by duty—contrasting with the earlier imagery of chaotic bloodshed.