Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 17

The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage

Devanagari script

सापि क्रुद्धाब्रवीन्नूनं तथा तप्स्ये महत्तपः यथा मन्नामसंयुक्तो महिषघ्नो भविष्यति

Transliteration

sāpi kruddhābravīnnūnaṃ tathā tapsye mahattapaḥ yathā mannāmasaṃyukto mahiṣaghno bhaviṣyati

Translation

彼女もまた怒って言った。「まことに、わが名と結びついて『マヒシャグナ（Mahiṣaghna）—水牛を討つ者』が生ずるよう、私は大いなる苦行（タパス）を修めよう。」

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• क्रुद्धा: angry
• क्रुद्धा: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु) → kruddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• नूनम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of certainty)

• तथा: thus, in that way
• तथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तप्स्ये: I will perform austerity
• तप्स्ये: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tap (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यथा: so that, in such a way that
• यथा: Upapada/Relation (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (manner/so that)

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-सम्बन्धार्थे (genitival sense) अव्ययवत् उपसर्गरूपेण; ‘मद्/मत्’ (my) as first member of compound

• नाम: name
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• संयुक्तः: joined, associated
• संयुक्तः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam+√yuj (धातु) → saṃyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• महिषघ्नः: buffalo-slayer (Mahishaghna)
• महिषघ्नः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ghna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः तत्पुरुषः; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘महिषं हन्ति’ इति (buffalo-slayer)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speakers

• Rāgavatī (direct speech within the narrative)

Primary Deities

• Brahmā (implied as addressee/context)
• Devas (contextual)

Key Themes

• Tapas
• Anger and resolve
• Etiology of an epithet (name-linked destiny)
• Mythic foreshadowing

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Tapas amplifies intention: when fueled by krodha (anger), it can generate destructive outcomes; the verse cautions that ascetic power is ethically ambivalent and should be yoked to sattvic aims.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Still within Sarga/Pratisarga-style mythic causation (origin/forecast of a named power or epithet), rather than Manvantara or Vaṃśa genealogy.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Mahiṣaghna’ functions as a symbol of conquering brute, tamasic force (the ‘buffalo’ motif). The insistence on name-association suggests nāma as a carrier of śakti and narrative destiny (nāma–karma linkage).