Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 56
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
सा समागाच्च दैत्यैन्द्रं कामयन्ती तरस्विनी स चापि गमनं चक्रे भवितव्यप्रचोदितः
sā samāgācca daityaindraṃ kāmayantī tarasvinī sa cāpi gamanaṃ cakre bhavitavyapracoditaḥ
ती कामनेने प्रेरित होऊन वेगाने दैत्येंद्राजवळ आली; आणि तोही भवितव्याच्या प्रेरणेने तिच्याकडे गमन करू लागला।
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FAQs
Purāṇic narratives frequently juxtapose personal desire with bhavitavya (inevitability), suggesting that individual actions unfold within a larger karmic-cosmic script.
Vamśānucarita: the emphasis on destined union signals an impending birth relevant to dynastic or cosmic history.
‘Bhavitavya’ marks the event as more than private romance: it is a hinge for future conflicts or boons, a common Purāṇic technique to foreshadow major outcomes through seemingly domestic scenes.