Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 57

The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows

Devanagari script

नमस्ते भगनेत्रघ्न पूष्णो दशननाशन इदमुच्चारयेद्भक्त्या प्रीणनाय जगत्पतेः

Transliteration

namaste bhaganetraghna pūṣṇo daśananāśana idamuccārayedbhaktyā prīṇanāya jagatpateḥ

Translation

‘ഭഗന്റെ കണ്ണിനെ സംഹരിച്ചവനേ, പൂഷണന്റെ പല്ലുകളെ നശിപ്പിച്ചവനേ, നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം.’ ജഗത്പതിയെ പ്രീതിപ്പെടുത്താൻ ഇത് ഭക്തിയോടെ ഉച്ചരിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक निपात)

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (enclitic)

• भग-नेत्र-घ्न: O slayer of Bhaga’s eye
• भग-नेत्र-घ्न: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हन्, घ्न-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (भगस्य नेत्रं हन्ति इति)

• पूष्णः: of Pūṣan
• पूष्णः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• दशन-नाशन: O destroyer of (his) teeth
• दशन-नाशन: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दशनानां नाशनः)

• इदम्: this (hymn/utterance)
• इदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• उच्चारयेत्: should recite/utter
• उच्चारयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + √चर् (धातु) (उच्चारणे)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• प्रीणनाय: for pleasing
• प्रीणनाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीणन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• जगत्-पतेः: of the Lord of the world
• जगत्-पतेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जगतः पतिः)

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (often Pulastya → Nārada framework)

Primary Deities

• Jagatpati (Lord of the world)
• Rudra/Śiva (implied by epithets from Dakṣa-yajña)

Key Themes

• Bhakti
• Mantra/Stotra
• Sectarian Harmony (Hari-Śiva complementarity)
• Ritual Recitation

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Devotional recitation is presented as a direct means of ‘pleasing’ the cosmic Lord; the stress is on bhakti (intentional devotion) rather than mere phonetics. The epithets also remind the practitioner that divine power corrects arrogance (as in the Dakṣa-yajña motif).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is a dharma/ācāra instruction (mantra-vidhi) rather than a cosmological or genealogical unit. In Purāṇic composition, such verses function as practical upadeśa embedded within the narrative frame.

What is the symbolic significance?

Invoking the ‘Bhaga-eye’ and ‘Pūṣan-teeth’ epithets recalls the Dakṣa sacrifice disruption, symbolizing the limitation of sensory pride (eye/teeth as instruments of enjoyment and assertion). In the Vāmana Purāṇa’s inclusive tone, such Śaiva epithets can function within a broader Jagatpati devotion without rigid sectarian boundaries.