Shloka 35

Indra's Campaign on Mount Malaya — Indra’s Campaign on Mount Malaya and the Birth of the Maruts (Origin of the Epithet Gotrabhid)

Devanagari script

ततो ऽपयबुध्यत दितिरजानाच्छक्रचोष्टितम् शुश्राव वाचं पुत्रस्य रुदमानस्य नारद

Transliteration

tato 'payabudhyata ditirajānācchakracoṣṭitam śuśrāva vācaṃ putrasya rudamānasya nārada

Translation

“Then Diti awoke; she did not know what had been done by Śakra. She heard the voice of her son crying, O Nārada.”

Speakers

• Narrator addressing Nārada (explicit vocative).

Primary Deities

• Diti
• Indra (Śakra)
• Nārada (as listener/interlocutor)

Key Themes

• Maternal awareness and dramatic irony
• Omen through sound (crying)
• Hidden action of Indra
• Narrative transition to confrontation or explanation

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Why is Nārada addressed here?

The vocative ‘Nārada’ marks the frame of transmission: the Purāṇic narrator is situating the episode within a dialogue where Nārada is the recipient, reinforcing authority and continuity of the account.

What does ‘ajānāc chakracoṣṭitam/ceṣṭitam’ convey?

It highlights dramatic irony: Diti is unaware of Indra’s covert intervention. This sets up the emotional and ethical tension—maternal innocence versus divine political necessity in Deva–Asura conflict.

Is any sacred geography implied even if not named?

Not in these ślokas. Unlike tīrtha-focused passages of the Vāmana Purāṇa, this segment is primarily mythic narrative; geographic identifiers (rivers/tīrthas) are absent here.