Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 13

Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata

Devanagari script

हानिर्धर्मार्थकामनामपवर्गस्य हारणम् संभेदः संविदामेतत् त्रयोदशममुच्यते

Transliteration

hānirdharmārthakāmanāmapavargasya hāraṇam saṃbhedaḥ saṃvidāmetat trayodaśamamucyate

Translation

Kehilangan dharma, artha, dan kāma; perampasan apavarga (pembebasan); serta pemecahan atau pengacauan perjanjian—ini disebut yang ketiga belas.

Word by Word

• हानिः: loss
• हानिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हानि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; nominative singular

• धर्मार्थकामनाम्: of dharma, artha, and kāma
• धर्मार्थकामनाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अर्थ + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचनम्; genitive plural; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (dharma, artha, kāma)

• अपवर्गस्य: of liberation
• अपवर्गस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपवर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचनम्; genitive singular

• हारणम्: removal/stealing away
• हारणम्: समानााधिकरण/विधेय (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृ (धातु) + ल्युट्/अन (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; क्रियानाम (action noun) ‘taking away’

• संभेदः: division/discord
• संभेदः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; nominative singular

• संविदाम्: of understandings/agreements
• संविदाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचनम्; genitive plural

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; pronoun

• त्रयोदशमम्: thirteenth
• त्रयोदशमम्: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ordinal adjective agreeing with ‘एतत्’

• उच्यते: is called/said
• उच्यते: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; ‘is said’

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (didactic enumeration).

Key Themes

• Puruṣārtha framework (dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa)
• Consequences of adharma
• Social trust and contracts (saṃvid)
• Liberation (apavarga) as a dharmic horizon

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Why are dharma, artha, kāma, and apavarga mentioned together?

This verse uses the classical puruṣārtha scheme: dharma (ethical order), artha (means and stability), kāma (regulated enjoyment), and apavarga/mokṣa (final release). The teaching implies that a single deep fault can collapse all four aims—worldly flourishing and ultimate freedom alike.

What is meant by ‘saṃbhedaḥ saṃvidām’ (breach/confusion of agreements)?

It points to violating promises, contracts, and mutual understandings—actions that corrode social order. In Purāṇic dharma, truthfulness and fidelity to one’s word are pillars of ācāra; their rupture produces both practical disorder and karmic demerit.

How does ‘deprivation of apavarga’ function as a consequence?

Apavarga is not ‘taken away’ by an external agent; rather, one’s own conduct blocks the conditions for liberation—purity, truth, compassion, and right knowledge. The verse frames this as a predictable result of sustained adharma.