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Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Coronation, Shloka 48

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

Devanagari script

अन्ये हयग्रीवमुखा महाबला दितेस्तनूजा दनुपुङ्गवाश्च सुरान् हुताशार्कवसूरकेश्वरान् द्वन्द्वं समासाद्य महाबलान्विताः

Transliteration

anye hayagrīvamukhā mahābalā ditestanūjā danupuṅgavāśca surān hutāśārkavasūrakeśvarān dvandvaṃ samāsādya mahābalānvitāḥ

Translation

また別の者たち――強大なるダーナヴァ、ディティの子ら、ダーナヴァの中の雄牛のごとき者、ハヤグリーヴァに似た顔を持つ者――は、単独の決闘を求めて神々に迫り、アグニ、スーリヤ、ヴァスたち、そしてラクシャサの主に、大いなる力をもって対峙した。

Word by Word
anyeothers
anye:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
haya-grīva-mukhāḥhorse-faced
haya-grīva-mukhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootहय (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose faces are like a horse-neck/horse-headed’
mahā-balāḥvery strong
mahā-balāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहā (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण
diteḥof Diti
diteḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
tanū-jāḥsons/offspring
tanū-jāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
danu-puṅgavāḥbulls among the Dānavas (chief Dānavas)
danu-puṅgavāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदनु (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
surānthe gods
surān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
hutāśa-arka-vasu-raka-īśvarānAgni, the Sun, the Vasus, and other lords (deities)
hutāśa-arka-vasu-raka-īśvarān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहुताश (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + वसु (प्रातिपदिक) + रक (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (enumerative): Agni, Sun, Vasus, Raka(?), and the Lords (i.e., various deities)
dvandvama duel/combat
dvandvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
samāsādyahaving engaged/attacked
samāsādya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + सद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
mahā-bala-anvitāḥendowed with great strength
mahā-bala-anvitāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहā (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त; √अनु+इ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त (PPP) in sense ‘endowed with’
Speakers
Narrative layer not explicit in input (commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa framing)
Primary Deities
AgniSūryaVasus
Key Themes
Daitya-Deva ConflictHeroic combat (dvandva-yuddha)Cosmic order vs. anti-god forces
Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

The verse foregrounds the Purāṇic ethic of dharma defended through ordered resistance: even cosmic beings meet aggression with disciplined engagement (dvandva), suggesting that force is to be met within a rule-bound framework rather than as chaos.

Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita in the broad sense (narration of deeds of divine and anti-divine lineages—Devas and Daityas). It also supports the cosmological maintenance of order often embedded within Sarga/Pratisarga cycles, though the immediate content is martial narrative.

Hayagrīva-like faces and 'bull-like' Dānavas intensify the imagery of untamed power confronting luminous cosmic functions (Agni, Sūrya, Vasus). The duel motif symbolizes dharma’s preference for structured contest over indiscriminate destruction.

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