Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 68

Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)

Devanagari script

तमुवाच जगत्स्वामी गच्छ त्वं निजमाश्रयम् हितोपदेष्टा दैत्यानां दानवानां तथा भव

Transliteration

tamuvāca jagatsvāmī gaccha tvaṃ nijamāśrayam hitopadeṣṭā daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ tathā bhava

Translation

စကြဝဠာ၏ အရှင်က သူ့အား မိန့်တော်မူသည်—«သင်သည် မိမိ၏ အားကိုးရာသို့ သွားလော့။ ဒေတ္တျားတို့နှင့် ဒာနဝတို့အတွက် အကျိုးပြု အကြံပေးဆရာ ဖြစ်လော့»။

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• जगत्स्वामी: lord of the world
• जगत्स्वामी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• निजम्: your own
• निजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies आश्रयम्)

• आश्रयम्: refuge, abode
• आश्रयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• हितोपदेष्टा: beneficial adviser/instructor
• हितोपदेष्टा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक) + उपदेष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agent noun)

• दैत्यानाम्: of the Daityas
• दैत्यानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• दानवानाम्: of the Dānavas
• दानवानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• तथा: thus, in that way
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/so’)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speakers

• Nārāyaṇa (jagatsvāmī) addressing Nārada

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Nārāyaṇa)

Key Themes

• Dharma (right counsel)
• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Ethical instruction
• Nonsectarian tone (implicit)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "vira", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even adversarial groups (Daityas/Dānavas) are not beyond ethical guidance; the divine instruction authorizes Nārada’s role as a welfare-oriented counselor rather than a partisan agitator, implying governance and power should be tempered by dharmic advice.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of key actors in cosmic history) within the Deva–Asura cycle; it supports the ongoing account of how divine policy and counsel shape outcomes in the asura lineages.

What is the symbolic significance?

Nārada’s movement between camps symbolizes dharma as trans-sectarian and trans-political: wisdom is meant to restrain excess wherever it appears, not only among the devas.