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Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 8

Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna

Devanagari script

नेत्रत्रयं हिरण्याक्ष नर्मार्थमुमया मम पिहितं योगसंस्थस्य ततो ऽन्धमभवत्तमः

Transliteration

netratrayaṃ hiraṇyākṣa narmārthamumayā mama pihitaṃ yogasaṃsthasya tato 'ndhamabhavattamaḥ

Translation

おおヒラニヤークシャよ、戯れにウマーは、わたしがヨーガに安住しているとき、わたしの三つの眼を覆い隠した。そこから闇（タマス）が生じ――それゆえ彼は盲となった。

Word by Word
नेत्र-त्रयम्the three eyes
नेत्र-त्रयम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अत्र—द्वितीया (object); समासः—द्विगु (त्रयाणि नेत्राणि)
हिरण्याक्षO Hiraṇyākṣa
हिरण्याक्ष:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootहिरण्याक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
नर्म-अर्थम्for sport/jest
नर्म-अर्थम्:
Hetu/Prayojana (हेतु/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootनर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नर्मणः अर्थः)
उमयाby Umā
उमया:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootउमा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्
ममmy
मम:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्
पिहितम्was covered/closed
पिहितम्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपि-धा/पिधा (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अत्र—प्रथमा (predicate)
योग-संस्थस्यof (him) who was absorbed in yoga
योग-संस्थस्य:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयोग (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, सम्-स्था) (समास)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (योगे संस्थः = योगसंस्थः)
ततःthereupon/from that
ततः:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
Formअव्ययम्; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)
अन्धम्blind/darkened
अन्धम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रिया-विशेषण/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अत्र—प्रथमा (predicate adjective)
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्
तमःdarkness
तमः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
Speakers
Śiva speaking (first-person ‘mama’) to Hiraṇyākṣa (vocative) within the Andhaka origin explanation
Primary Deities
ŚivaUmā (Pārvatī)
Key Themes
Play (līlā/narma) within divine householdCosmic consequence of covering Śiva’s eyes (darkness)Yoga and divine powerEtiology of blindness (Andhaka)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

The motif explains blindness etiologically: when the three eyes (sources of cosmic illumination/gnosis) are covered, ‘tamas’ manifests. That darkness is then linked to the son’s condition—he is ‘andha’ (blind), giving narrative grounding for Andhaka’s epithet and fate.

It marks the act as playful rather than malicious, but Purāṇic theology often shows that even divine play has cosmic repercussions. The contrast heightens Śiva’s potency: a small gesture affecting the cosmic order.

It indicates Śiva’s inward absorption and sovereign control of reality. Covering the eyes of one ‘in yoga’ symbolically interrupts the outward radiance/knowledge that sustains the world, making ‘tamas’ a metaphysical consequence rather than a mere physical darkness.

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