Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 63

Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode

Devanagari script

ततः संक्षुभिताः सर्वा यत्र याति महेश्वरः तत्र प्रयान्ति कामार्त्ता मदविह्वलितेन्द्रियाः

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃkṣubhitāḥ sarvā yatra yāti maheśvaraḥ tatra prayānti kāmārttā madavihvalitendriyāḥ

Translation

それから、皆は激しく心をかき乱され、マヘーシュヴァラの行くところへどこまでも赴いた。欲望に悩まされ、情欲の酔いにより感官は惑乱していた。

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: सम्बन्ध/काल (sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त

• संक्षुभिताः: agitated
• संक्षुभिताः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-√kṣubh (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वाः: all (the women)
• सर्वाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (स्त्रीसमूहः)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: देशाधिकरण (Deśa-adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb)

• याति: goes
• याति: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'महान् ईश्वरः'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: देशाधिकरण (Deśa-adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (correlative adverb)

• प्रयान्ति: go forth/follow
• प्रयान्ति: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• कामार्त्ताः: tormented by desire
• कामार्त्ताः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'कामेन आर्ताः' (afflicted by desire)

• मदविह्वलितेन्द्रियाः: with senses bewildered by passion
• मदविह्वलितेन्द्रियाः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mada + vihvalita + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि: 'मदेन विह्वलितानि इन्द्रियाणि यासाम्' (whose senses are bewildered by intoxication/passion)

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt

Primary Deities

• Shiva (Maheshvara)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Kama (desire) as bondage
• Sense-control (indriya-nigraha)
• Moral psychology

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Unchecked desire leads to compulsive following—loss of autonomy and clarity. The verse depicts kāma as a force that drags the mind and senses, contrasting with dharmic steadiness shown by the exemplars named previously.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This belongs to narrative instruction (ākhyāna) used to illustrate dharma and inner discipline, not directly to sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita in a strict cosmological sense.

What is the symbolic significance?

Maheshvara here functions as the ‘object’ around which latent tendencies revolve. The following behavior symbolizes the mind chasing sense-objects; ‘madavihvalita’ indicates delusion that arises when passion takes over cognition.