Vamana Purana — Manifestation of Katyayani, Shloka 35
The Manifestation of Katyayani (Durga) and the Humbling of the Vindhya by Agastya
विनन्ध्यो ऽपि दृष्ट्वा गगने महाश्रमं वृद्धिं न यात्येव भयान्महर्षेः नासौ निवृत्तेति मतिं विधाय स संस्थितो नीचतराग्रशृङ्गः
vinandhyo 'pi dṛṣṭvā gagane mahāśramaṃ vṛddhiṃ na yātyeva bhayānmaharṣeḥ nāsau nivṛtteti matiṃ vidhāya sa saṃsthito nīcatarāgraśṛṅgaḥ
ແມ່ນແຕ່ວິນທະຍະ (ພູ) ເມື່ອເຫັນມະຫາຕະປະສີ ອະກັດສະຕະ ຢູ່ໃນຟ້າ ກໍບໍ່ຍອມເຕີບສູງຕໍ່ໄປ ເນື່ອງຈາກຄວາມຢ້ານກົວຕໍ່ມະຫາລິສີ. ຄິດວ່າ «ທ່ານຍັງບໍ່ກັບຄືນ» ຈຶ່ງຢູ່ນິ່ງ ໂດຍຮັກສາຍອດໃຫ້ຕໍ່າລົງ.
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FAQs
Tapas and spiritual authority restrain uncontrolled expansion and restore balance; the episode models humility before realized sages and the prioritizing of cosmic order over pride.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative (accounts of sages and sacred places) rather than sarga/pratisarga; it functions as a tīrtha-related exemplum within the Purāṇic frame.
Vindhya’s ‘unchecked growth’ symbolizes ego or imbalance; Agastya represents disciplined knowledge that stabilizes the world. The ‘not yet returned’ motif encodes sustained restraint through reverence.