Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 66
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
नमरो नाम विख्यातो महाबलपराक्रमः यक्षानाश्रित्य तस्थौ स कालयन् श्वापदान् मुन्
namaro nāma vikhyāto mahābalaparākramaḥ yakṣānāśritya tasthau sa kālayan śvāpadān mun
നമരൻ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായ മഹാബലപരാക്രമശാലിയായ ഒരു ദൈത്യൻ യക്ഷന്മാരെ ആശ്രയിച്ച് അവിടെ നിലകൊണ്ടു; ഹേ മുനേ, വന്യമൃഗങ്ങളെ ഭക്ഷിച്ചു കൊണ്ടിരുന്നു।
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FAQs
Power (bala-parākrama) without dharma expresses as predation; the verse frames tyranny as a distortion of kṣatra-energy, warning that alliances (āśraya) with the strong do not sanctify adharma.
Vamśānucarita/Carita-type episodic history of beings (Daitya figure) embedded in a place-glorification narrative; it supplies etiological background for later tīrtha-phala or local rites.
Namara’s 'reliance on Yakṣas' symbolizes worldly dependence and coercive power; consuming śvāpadāḥ (beasts) reflects a descent into raw appetite—an inversion of the ascetic ideal often associated with tīrtha.