Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Coronation, Shloka 42
Andhaka’s Coronation, Boons from Shiva, and the Daiva–Asura War (Vahana Catalogues)
पिबन्त्यसृग्गाढतरं भटानामालिङ्ग्य मांसानि च भक्षयन्ति वसां विलुम्पन्ति च वनिस्फुरन्ति गर्जन्त्यथान्योन्यमथो वयांसि
pibantyasṛggāḍhataraṃ bhaṭānāmāliṅgya māṃsāni ca bhakṣayanti vasāṃ vilumpanti ca vanisphuranti garjantyathānyonyamatho vayāṃsi
അവർ യോദ്ധാക്കളുടെ കട്ടിയുള്ള രക്തം കുടിക്കുന്നു; ശരീരങ്ങളെ ആലിംഗനം ചെയ്ത് മാംസം ഭക്ഷിക്കുന്നു. കൊഴുപ്പ് കൊള്ളയടിച്ച് ആവേശത്തിൽ വിറയ്ക്കുന്നു; ശവഭക്ഷക പക്ഷികളും പരസ്പരം കഠിന വിളികളോടെ കൂകുന്നു।
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FAQs
The graphic imagery functions as a dharma-warning: when humans (or gods/asuras through their proxies) choose unrestrained violence, the world is reduced to a feast for death-associated forces. It underscores the karmic and social pollution (aśauca) generated by war.
Again, this is narrative description within episodic history (carita/vamśānucarita mode). It supports the Purāṇic aim of illustrating dharma through exemplary events rather than cosmogenesis.
Blood, flesh, and fat symbolize life-force dissipated into tamas. Carrion birds calling to each other are classic śakuna (ominous signs), marking the battlefield as a śmaśāna-like inversion of sacrificial order (yajña), where offerings are not to gods but to death.