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Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 45

Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata

Devanagari script

दुर्भिक्षे व्यसने चापि येनात्मा विनिवेदितः स स्वयन्दत्त इत्युस्तथान्यः कारणान्तरैः

Transliteration

durbhikṣe vyasane cāpi yenātmā viniveditaḥ sa svayandatta ityustathānyaḥ kāraṇāntaraiḥ

Translation

အစာရှားပါးသည့်ကာလ သို့မဟုတ် ဘေးအန္တရာယ်ကာလတွင်ပင် မိမိကိုယ်ကို (ကိုယ်တိုင်ကို) အပ်နှံပေးသူကို «ဆွယံဒတ္တ» (ကိုယ်တိုင်ပေးအပ်သူ) ဟု ခေါ်သည်။ ထို့အတူ အခြားသူတစ်ဦးလည်း အခြားအကြောင်းရင်းများကြောင့် ထိုနာမည်ဖြင့် ခေါ်နိုင်သည်။

Word by Word

dur-bhikṣein famine

vyasanein calamity

caand

apialso/even

yenaby whom

ātmāself/person

viniveditaḥsurrendered/offered

saḥhe

svayam-dattaḥself-given (one who gives himself)

itithus

uktaḥis called

tathālikewise

anyaḥanother (one)

kāraṇa-antaraiḥby other reasons

Speakers

Not specified in input (didactic dharma passage; likely a sage/narrator instructing a listeneras common in Purāṇic dharma sections).

Key Themes

Dharma teachingEthics of self-surrender/self-saleFamine ethics (durbhikṣa-dharma)Definitions/classifications in dharma discourse

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does ‘svayaṃdatta’ mean in this context?

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.

Is the verse endorsing self-surrender as ideal dharma?

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.

Why mention famine (durbhikṣa) specifically?

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.