Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 52
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
तं प्रोवाच कविर्ब्रह्मन् बाञमेवं भविष्यति यस्यां चित्तं समालम्बि करिष्यसि ततः सुतः
taṃ provāca kavirbrahman bāñamevaṃ bhaviṣyati yasyāṃ cittaṃ samālambi kariṣyasi tataḥ sutaḥ
ಕವಿಯು ಅವನಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದರು—“ಹೇ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಾ! ಇದು ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಹೀಗೆಯೇ ಆಗುವುದು. ನೀನು ಯಾವ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಿರಗೊಳಿಸುವೆಯೋ, ಆಕೆಯಿಂದ ನಂತರ ನಿನಗೆ ಪುತ್ರನು ದೊರೆಯುವನು.”
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FAQs
The verse frames progeny not merely as biological chance but as the fruition of intention (citta) aligned with a destined order (bhaviṣyati). It implies that disciplined resolve and right choice (the woman on whom the mind is fixed) cooperate with providence.
This is best classified under Vamśānucarita / narrative of lineages (genealogical consequence), since it predicts the arising of a son and thus a continuation of a line, rather than cosmogenesis (sarga) or dissolution (pralaya).
“Fixing the mind” (citta-samālambana) symbolically points to sankalpa—creative intention. In Purāṇic idiom, intention is a causal seed; the promised son represents the manifest fruit of a chosen focus.