Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 59

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

Devanagari script

वाचिकं च जगन्नाथ यत्त्वया सह युध्यतः नरेण यद्यप्यभवद् वरमेतत्प्रयच्छ मे

Transliteration

vācikaṃ ca jagannātha yattvayā saha yudhyataḥ nareṇa yadyapyabhavad varametatprayaccha me

Translation

おおジャガンナータよ、主よ。たとえ汝と戦う折に、言葉による過失が生じたとしても、この恩寵を我にお授けください。

Word by Word

• वाचिकम्: verbal (sin/offence)
• वाचिकम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाचिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (sg.); (पापम् इति पूर्वश्लोकानुसन्धानात्) विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जगन्नाथ: O Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), सम्बोधन (Voc.), एकवचन (sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: जगतः नाथः

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (sg.); सम्बन्धक (relative)

• त्वया: with you / by you
• त्वया: Saha (सह/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (sg.)

• सह: together with
• सह: Saha (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition/adverb of association)

• युध्यतः: while (I) was fighting
• युध्यतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive absolute-like)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/genitive), एकवचन (sg.); ‘युध्यमानस्य’ अर्थे

• नरेण: by a man
• नरेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (sg.)

• यद्यपि: although
• यद्यपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/concession marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्यपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (concessive particle)

• अभवत्: happened/occurred
• अभवत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.); परस्मैपद

• वरम्: boon
• वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (sg.)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (sg.); विशेषण (वरम्)

• प्रयच्छ: grant/give
• प्रयच्छ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन (sg.); परस्मैपद

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन (sg.)

Speakers

• Prahlāda (or a Daitya leader) addressing Nārāyaṇa (Vishnu)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Nārāyaṇa/Jagannātha)

Key Themes

• Bhakti
• Daitya–Deva Conflict
• Ethics of speech (vācika-doṣa)
• Grace and boon-bestowal

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even in righteous struggle, one remains accountable for speech; the devotee seeks purification and restraint of vāṅmaya (speech), recognizing the Lord as the ultimate arbiter of inner and outer purity.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of notable beings) within an avatāra-linked episode; it is not sarga/pratisarga but ethical-theological dialogue embedded in legendary history.

What is the symbolic significance?

The request frames combat as secondary to devotion: the real victory is mastery over ego expressed through words; asking a boon for cleansing indicates surrender (śaraṇāgati) rather than triumphalism.