Shloka 21

Origins of the Maruts — Origins of the Maruts Across the Manvantaras (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)

Devanagari script

अथाजगाम भगवान् ब्रह्म लोकपितामहः समभ्येत्याब्रवीद् बालान् मा रुदध्वं महाबलाः

Transliteration

athājagāma bhagavān brahma lokapitāmahaḥ samabhyetyābravīd bālān mā rudadhvaṃ mahābalāḥ

Translation

Kemudian Bhagavān Brahmā, kakek agung para dunia, datang. Mendekati mereka, ia berkata kepada anak-anak itu: “Jangan menangis, wahai yang mahakuat.”

Speakers

• Brahmā addressing the newborn children (bālāḥ).

Primary Deities

• Brahmā

Key Themes

• Brahmā as cosmic patriarch and regulator
• Pacification and legitimation of extraordinary births
• Foreshadowing: infants characterized as ‘mahābalāḥ’

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Why does Brahmā intervene directly at the moment of the infants’ crying?

Brahmā’s appearance functions as a narrative seal of cosmic oversight: extraordinary births and portents are brought under a creator-regulator’s attention, signaling that the event has world-order implications and will be integrated into the larger mythic economy.

What is implied by Brahmā calling the infants ‘mahābalāḥ’ (mighty ones)?

It is a deliberate foreshadowing: although they are ‘bālāḥ’ (children), they are marked as possessing exceptional power and thus as future agents in major conflicts or transformations within the Andhaka-cycle.

Does this verse indicate any specific sacred location typical of the Vāmana Purāṇa’s geography focus?

No. Unlike the tīrtha-mahātmya portions of the Vāmana Purāṇa, this excerpt is purely mythic-narrative and contains no explicit toponyms (rivers, forests, lakes, or pilgrimage sites).