Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 17

The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage

Devanagari script

सापि क्रुद्धाब्रवीन्नूनं तथा तप्स्ये महत्तपः यथा मन्नामसंयुक्तो महिषघ्नो भविष्यति

Transliteration

sāpi kruddhābravīnnūnaṃ tathā tapsye mahattapaḥ yathā mannāmasaṃyukto mahiṣaghno bhaviṣyati

Translation

Ia pun, dengan marah, berkata: “Sungguh aku akan menjalankan tapa yang agung sedemikian rupa sehingga akan terwujud ‘Mahiṣaghna’, sang pembunuh kerbau, yang terkait dengan namaku.”

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• क्रुद्धा: angry
• क्रुद्धा: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु) → kruddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• नूनम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of certainty)

• तथा: thus, in that way
• तथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तप्स्ये: I will perform austerity
• तप्स्ये: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tap (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यथा: so that, in such a way that
• यथा: Upapada/Relation (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (manner/so that)

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-सम्बन्धार्थे (genitival sense) अव्ययवत् उपसर्गरूपेण; ‘मद्/मत्’ (my) as first member of compound

• नाम: name
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• संयुक्तः: joined, associated
• संयुक्तः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam+√yuj (धातु) → saṃyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• महिषघ्नः: buffalo-slayer (Mahishaghna)
• महिषघ्नः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ghna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः तत्पुरुषः; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘महिषं हन्ति’ इति (buffalo-slayer)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speakers

• Rāgavatī (direct speech within the narrative)

Primary Deities

• Brahmā (implied as addressee/context)
• Devas (contextual)

Key Themes

• Tapas
• Anger and resolve
• Etiology of an epithet (name-linked destiny)
• Mythic foreshadowing

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Tapas amplifies intention: when fueled by krodha (anger), it can generate destructive outcomes; the verse cautions that ascetic power is ethically ambivalent and should be yoked to sattvic aims.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Still within Sarga/Pratisarga-style mythic causation (origin/forecast of a named power or epithet), rather than Manvantara or Vaṃśa genealogy.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Mahiṣaghna’ functions as a symbol of conquering brute, tamasic force (the ‘buffalo’ motif). The insistence on name-association suggests nāma as a carrier of śakti and narrative destiny (nāma–karma linkage).