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
Demikian berakhir bab kesembilan dalam Śrī Vāmana Purāṇa. Pulastya berkata: kemudian, ketika pertempuran mulai berkobar—menambah gentar hati yang penakut—Sahasrākṣa (Indra) mengangkat busur besarnya dan melepaskan anak panah.
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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.