Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Coronation, Shloka 47
Andhaka’s Coronation, Boons from Shiva, and the Daiva–Asura War (Vahana Catalogues)
विरोचनश्चापि जलेश्वरं त्वगाज्जम्भस्त्वथागाद् धनदं बलाढ्यम् वायुं समभ्येत्य च शम्बरो ऽथ मयो हुताशं युयुधे मुनीन्द्र
virocanaścāpi jaleśvaraṃ tvagājjambhastvathāgād dhanadaṃ balāḍhyam vāyuṃ samabhyetya ca śambaro 'tha mayo hutāśaṃ yuyudhe munīndra
ວິໂຣຈະນະກໍໄດ້ໄປປະຈັນໜ້າກັບຈອມແຫ່ງນ້ຳ (ວະຣຸນະ). ຈັມພະຕໍ່ມາ ໄປປະຈັນໜ້າກັບທະນະດະ (ກຸເບຣະ) ຜູ້ໃຫ້ຊັບ ຜູ້ມີກຳລັງຫຼາຍ. ຊັມບະຣະເຂົ້າໄປຫາວາຍຸ ແລະຕໍ່ສູ້; ມະຍະກໍຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບຮຸຕາຊະ (ອັກນິ), ໂອ ມຸນີນທຣະ.
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FAQs
The pairing of Daityas against the Lokapālas portrays adharma as an assault on the very supports of the world (water, wealth/order, wind, fire). The lesson is that cosmic stability (ṛta/dharma) is maintained through the protection of these governing principles.
Again, Vaṁśānucarita/Carita: a heroic-battle catalogue embedded within broader genealogical and epochal storytelling, rather than creation/dissolution accounts.
Each Lokapāla embodies a functional layer of reality—Varuṇa (waters/constraint), Kubera (resources), Vāyu (vital movement), Agni (transformation). Daitya opposition symbolizes disorder attempting to seize or disrupt these functions; the narrative thus mythologizes the fragility—and defense—of the world’s operating system.