Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 4

Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells

Devanagari script

चचः क्रुद्धूः शतमखः कुलिशं भ्राम्य पाणिना चिक्षेप दैत्यराजाय तं ददर्श तथान्धकः

Transliteration

cacaḥ kruddhūḥ śatamakhaḥ kuliśaṃ bhrāmya pāṇinā cikṣepa daityarājāya taṃ dadarśa tathāndhakaḥ

Translation

そのとき、憤怒したシャタマカ（インドラ）は、手に金剛杵（ヴァジュラ／クリシャ）を旋回させ、ダイティヤの王に向けて投げ放った。アンダカはそれが来るのを見た。

Word by Word

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: कर्ता (Karta/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘angered’

• शतमखः: Śatamakha (performer of a hundred sacrifices)
• शतमखः: कर्ता (Karta; apposition to शक्रः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतमख (प्रातिपदिक: शत + मख)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इन्द्रस्य उपाधि (epithet of Indra)

• कुलिशम्: thunderbolt (vajra)
• कुलिशम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• भ्राम्य: having whirled
• भ्राम्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having whirled/brandished’

• पाणिना: with (his) hand
• पाणिना: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• चिक्षेप: threw
• चिक्षेप: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दैत्यराजाय: to the king of demons
• दैत्यराजाय: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्यराज (प्रातिपदिक: दैत्य + राज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• तम्: that (vajra)/him
• तम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘thus/so’

• अन्धकः: Andhaka
• अन्धकः: कर्ता (Karta/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speakers

• Narratorial (frame dialogue not explicit in these verses; commonly Pulastya → Nārada in the Vāmana Purāṇa)

Primary Deities

• Indra (Śatamakha)
• Andhaka

Key Themes

• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Indra’s vajra (divine weaponry)
• Protection of cosmic order

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Divine authority responds decisively when governance is threatened; the vajra represents punitive power meant to restore order, ideally exercised from duty rather than rage.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Carita/Vamśānucarita narrative: a battle-episode within the ongoing accounts of divine and anti-divine lineages and their conflicts.

What is the symbolic significance?

The vajra (kuliśa) signifies indra-śakti: the concentrated force of dharmic sovereignty. Andhaka ‘seeing’ it emphasizes the moment of moral reckoning before consequence.