Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Coronation, Shloka 14

Andhaka’s Coronation, Boons from Shiva, and the Daiva–Asura War (Vahana Catalogues)

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच शृणुष्व कथयिष्यामि सर्वेषामपि नारद वाहनानि समासेन एकैकस्यानुपूर्वशः

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca śṛṇuṣva kathayiṣyāmi sarveṣāmapi nārada vāhanāni samāsena ekaikasyānupūrvaśaḥ

Translation

ປຸລັສຕະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຟັງເຖີດ ນາຣະດະ. ຂ້ອຍຈະເລົ່າໃຫ້ຟັງໂດຍຫຍໍ້ ຕາມລໍາດັບອັນຖືກຕ້ອງ ກ່ຽວກັບພາຫະນະ (ວາຫນະ) ຂອງທຸກພະເທວະ ທີລະອົງ.

Word by Word

• पुलस्त्यः: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कथयिष्यामि: I will tell
• कथयिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; णिजन्त from कथ्/कथ)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle (also/even)

• नारद: O Nārada
• नारद: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• वाहनानि: vehicles/mounts
• वाहनानि: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• समासेन: briefly / in summary
• समासेन: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति-एकवचन (Instrumental singular) used adverbially (क्रियाविशेषणवत्): ‘briefly/in summary’

• एक-एकस्य: of each one
• एक-एकस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of each one’ (पुनरुक्त-समास)

• अनुपूर्वशः: in due order
• अनुपूर्वशः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुपूर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in order/one after another)

Speakers

• Pulastya to Narada

Key Themes

• Purana narrative dialogue
• Deva iconography
• Cataloguing/Enumeration (anukrama)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse models śravaṇa (attentive listening) and orderly transmission of sacred knowledge—an ethic of disciplined learning where information is given succinctly (samāsena) yet systematically (anupūrvaśaḥ).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is best classified under ancillary purāṇic material supporting vamśānucarita/ācāra-style narration rather than a core pancalakṣaṇa item; it functions as a descriptive catalogue (anukrama) within the dialogue frame.

What is the symbolic significance?

Vāhanas symbolize the deity’s operative power in the world—how divine energy ‘moves’ and becomes accessible in iconography and devotion. The promised sequential listing suggests a cosmos ordered by recognizable divine functions.