Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 39
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
Devanagari script
तानागतान् वै प्रसमीक्ष्य देवः प्राह्लादिसुत्सृज्य वितत्य पाशम् गदां समुद्भ्राम्य जलेश्वरस्तु दुद्राव तान् जम्भमुखानरातीन्
Transliteration
tānāgatān vai prasamīkṣya devaḥ prāhlādisutsṛjya vitatya pāśam gadāṃ samudbhrāmya jaleśvarastu dudrāva tān jambhamukhānarātīn
Translation
ಬರುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಶತ್ರುಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ದೇವ ಜಲೇಶ್ವರನು ಪಾಶವನ್ನು ಬಿಡಿಸಿ ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಿ, ಗದೆಯನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತಿಸಿ, ಜಂಭಮುಖ ಶತ್ರುಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ದೌಡಾಯಿಸಿದನು।
Word by Word
tānthem
tān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine, Accusative, Plural
āgatānarrived
āgatān:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootāgata (कृदन्त, ā-√gam धातु, क्त)
FormPast participle; Masculine, Accusative, Plural; qualifies tān
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
prasamīkṣyahaving seen
prasamīkṣya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpra-sam-√īkṣ (ईक्ष् धातु)
FormAbsolutive/gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), avyaya; ‘having observed’
devaḥthe god (Varuṇa)
devaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
prāhlādi-sut-sṛjyahaving released Prahlāda’s son
prāhlādi-sut-sṛjya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprāhlādi (प्रातिपदिक) + sut (प्रातिपदिक) + √sṛj (सृज् धातु)
FormGerund (ल्यप्) from causative/compound expression; sense: ‘having released the son of Prāhlāda’; sut = ‘son’ (here in compounding)
vitatyahaving extended
vitatya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvi-√tan (तन् धातु)
FormGerund (ल्यप्), avyaya; ‘having spread/extended’
pāśamnoose
pāśam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
gadāmmace
gadām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgadā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative, Singular
samudbhrāmyahaving whirled
samudbhrāmya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsam-ud-√bhram (भ्रम् धातु)
FormGerund (ल्यप्), avyaya; ‘having whirled’
jaleśvaraḥthe Lord of waters
jaleśvaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjala-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
tubut
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAdversative/contrast particle (निपात)
dudrāvaran
dudrāva:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dru (द्रु धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada; ‘ran’
tānthem
tān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine, Accusative, Plural
jambha-mukhān-arātīnthe foes headed by Jambha
jambha-mukhān-arātīn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjambha (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + arāti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (बहुव्रीहि-सम्भाव्य but here determinative: ‘enemies with Jambha at the front’); Masculine, Accusative, Plural
Speakers
Not specified in the provided excerpt (likely within the Pulastya–Nārada narrative frame of the Purāṇabut not verifiable from these verses alone)
Primary Deities
Jaleśvara
Key ThemesDaitya-Deva ConflictMartial valorProtection of cosmic order (dharma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)
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