Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 57

Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative

Devanagari script

तस्यां समभवद् गर्भस्तां प्रगृह्याथ दानवः पातालं प्रविवेशाथ ततः स्वभवनं गतः

Transliteration

tasyāṃ samabhavad garbhastāṃ pragṛhyātha dānavaḥ pātālaṃ praviveśātha tataḥ svabhavanaṃ gataḥ

Translation

ក្នុងនាងនោះ ការមានផ្ទៃពោះបានកើតឡើង។ បន្ទាប់មក ដានវៈបាននាំនាងទៅ ហើយចូលទៅកាន់បាតាល; រួចមកគាត់បានទៅដល់លំនៅឋានរបស់ខ្លួន។

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समभवत्: arose/came to be
• समभवत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गर्भः: a fetus/pregnancy
• गर्भः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रगृह्य: having taken/held
• प्रगृह्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having seized/taken’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• दानवः: the demon
• दानवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पातालम्: to Pātāla (netherworld)
• पातालम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रविवेश: entered
• प्रविवेश: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय

• ततः: thereafter/from there
• ततः: Apādāna/Adverbial (अपादानार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (from there/thereafter)

• स्वभवनम्: his own house
• स्वभवनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + भवन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वं भवनम्)

• गतः: went
• गतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः ‘gone’

Speakers

• Narrative layer not explicit in input (commonly Pulastya → Nārada framing)

Key Themes

• Vamsha (lineage) causation
• Underworld (Pātāla) association with Daityas
• Narrative foreshadowing through conception

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The emergence of garbha is presented as an event with broader consequences—Purāṇas often treat birth as a karmic and cosmic turning-point rather than merely biological occurrence.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita: conception and relocation to Pātāla serve genealogical and realm-association functions for Asura lineages.

What is the symbolic significance?

Pātāla signifies the Asura domain and hidden power-structures; moving the pregnant consort there can symbolize the ‘incubation’ of future forces away from the Deva-world’s visibility.