Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 45
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
दुर्भिक्षे व्यसने चापि येनात्मा विनिवेदितः स स्वयन्दत्त इत्युस्तथान्यः कारणान्तरैः
durbhikṣe vyasane cāpi yenātmā viniveditaḥ sa svayandatta ityustathānyaḥ kāraṇāntaraiḥ
ദുര്ഭിക്ഷത്തിലോ ദുരന്തത്തിലോ പോലും സ്വന്തം ദേഹം/ആത്മാവിനെ സമർപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ ‘സ്വയംദത്തൻ’ എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; അതുപോലെ മറ്റു കാരണങ്ങളാലും ഒരാൾ അങ്ങനെ പറയപ്പെടാം।
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FAQs
It is a dharma-technical label for a person who has ‘given himself’—i.e., surrendered his person/agency under extreme conditions (such as famine) or other specified circumstances. The verse is definitional rather than devotional.
The wording functions as classification: it identifies who is called ‘self-given’ under famine/calamity and other causes. Purāṇic dharma sections often record such categories without presenting them as universally desirable.
Famine is a classic ‘exceptional circumstance’ in dharma literature where normal social-economic rules are discussed with special nuance; this verse anchors the definition of svayaṃdatta in such crisis conditions.