Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 29

Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तो दितीशस्तु साध्येनाद्भुतकर्मणा जगाम नैमिषारण्यं क्रियां चक्रे तदाऽह्निकीम्

Transliteration

evamukto ditīśastu sādhyenādbhutakarmaṇā jagāma naimiṣāraṇyaṃ kriyāṃ cakre tadā'hnikīm

Translation

このように驚異の業をなすサーディヤに告げられると、ディティ族の主はナイミシャーラニヤ（Naimiṣāraṇya）の森へ赴き、その時、日々の作法であるアーフニカを修した。

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb) = 'thus'

• uktaḥ: having been addressed
• uktaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) = 'spoken to/said'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ditī-īśaḥ: the Daitya-lord
• ditī-īśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ditī (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः = 'dityāḥ īśaḥ'

• tu: however/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• sādhyena: by (the) Sādhya
• sādhyena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; 'Sādhya' (class of deities) / or 'by the one to be accomplished' (here: by Sādhya)

• adbhuta-karmaṇā: of wondrous deeds
• adbhuta-karmaṇā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः; epithet qualifying sādhyena/devena: 'of wondrous deeds'

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √गम्

• naimiṣa-āraṇyam: to Naimiṣa forest
• naimiṣa-āraṇyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naimiṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + āraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = 'naimiṣaṃ āraṇyam' (Naimiṣa forest)

• kriyām: rite/ritual act
• kriyām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• cakre: performed/did
• cakre: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √कृ 'to do'

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb) = 'then, at that time'

• āhnikīm: daily (morning)
• āhnikīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āhnikī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of kriyām = 'daily/morning (rite)'

Speakers

• Narratorial description within the ongoing dialogue frame (typically Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa)

Key Themes

• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Sacred Geography
• Ritual Discipline (Nitya-karma/Āhnika)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even in a conflict-laden narrative, the text foregrounds regular dharmic observance (āhnika). The ethical emphasis is that discipline in prescribed duties is not optional and is portrayed as a stabilizing norm amid upheaval.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa?

Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of figures in divine–asuric lineages) with a touch of Tīrtha/Deśa-māhātmya via the explicit mention of Naimiṣāraṇya.

What is the symbolic significance?

Naimiṣāraṇya functions as a paradigmatic sacred space where austerity and right action are intensified; the move to a tīrtha/araṇya signals a turn toward ritual power and legitimacy.