Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Coronation, Shloka 34

Andhaka’s Coronation, Boons from Shiva, and the Daiva–Asura War (Vahana Catalogues)

Devanagari script

पदातिरपि संक्रुद्धः पदातिनमथोल्बणम् परस्परं तु प्रत्यघ्नन्नन्योन्यजयकाङ्क्षिणः

Transliteration

padātirapi saṃkruddhaḥ padātinamatholbaṇam parasparaṃ tu pratyaghnannanyonyajayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

Translation

Bahkan pasukan infanteri pun murka; dengan ganas mereka menghantam infanteri lawan. Menginginkan kemenangan atas satu sama lain, mereka saling memukul dalam pertempuran jarak dekat.

Word by Word

• पदातिः: a foot-soldier
• पदातिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘foot-soldier’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-क्रुध् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (enraged)

• पदातिनम्: the foot-soldier (opponent)
• पदातिनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• उल्बणम्: fierce
• उल्बणम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उल्बण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (fierce/violent)

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (mutually)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• प्रत्यघ्नन्: struck back
• प्रत्यघ्नन्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-हन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/लङ्), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; (छन्दसि/पाठभेदे) ‘they struck back’

• अन्योन्य-जय-काङ्क्षिणः: desiring victory over one another
• अन्योन्य-जय-काङ्क्षिणः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्योन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + जय (प्रातिपदिक) + काङ्क्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (desiring each other’s victory/each desiring victory over the other)

Speakers

• Not explicit in the provided excerpt (likely within Pulastya–Nārada narration frame)

Key Themes

• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Violence and rivalry
• Krodha (anger) as a driver of action

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Krodha and jaya-kāṅkṣā (lust for victory) reduce persons to opponents; the verse cautions that when victory becomes the sole aim, mutual harm becomes normalized and dharma recedes.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita/Carita: event-focused narration within lineage/history cycles, here expressed as battlefield description rather than cosmological creation accounts.

What is the symbolic significance?

Infantry represent the many (common forces) driven by shared passions; their mutual striking symbolizes saṃsāric entanglement—beings bound in reciprocal aggression through desire and anger.