Vamana Purana — Vamana's Birth, Shloka 50

Vamana’s Birth during Bali’s Horse-Sacrifice and the Mapping of Vishnu’s Sacred Presences

Devanagari script

मासेनैकेन बगवान् ज्ञानश्रुतिमहार्णवः लोकचारप्रवृत्त्यर्थमभूच्छ्रुतिविशारदः

Transliteration

māsenaikena bagavān jñānaśrutimahārṇavaḥ lokacārapravṛttyarthamabhūcchrutiviśāradaḥ

Translation

In a single month, the Blessed Lord—an ocean of knowledge and revelation—became fully proficient in the Śruti, for the purpose of establishing and guiding the proper course of conduct in the world.

Speakers

• Narratorial voice; the verse states the purpose of the Lord’s learning as normative guidance for the world.

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Bhagavān)

Key Themes

• Śruti as foundation of loka-ācāra (worldly norms)
• Divine pedagogy and exemplarity
• Compression of time as a mark of divinity (rapid mastery)
• Dharma as socially enacted practice (pravṛtti)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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