Shloka 15

Devanagari script

प्राप्प वामनरूपेण प्रच्छन्न॑ ब्रह्म॒रूपिणा । बलेयथा हूतं राज्यं विक्रमैस्तच्च ते श्रुतम्‌

Transliteration

prāpya vāmanarūpeṇa pracchannaṁ brahmarūpiṇā | baler yathā hṛtaṁ rājyaṁ vikramais tac ca te śrutam ||

Translation

ବାମନରୂପେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରି, ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣବେଶରେ ନିଜ ଦିବ୍ୟତା ଗୁପ୍ତ ରଖି, ତିନି ପଦବିକ୍ରମରେ ବଲିଙ୍କ ରାଜ୍ୟ ଯେପରି ହରଣ କଲେ—ସେଥି ମଧ୍ୟ ତୁମେ ଶୁଣିଛ।

Word by Word

• प्राप्य: having obtained / having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• वामन-रूपेण: in/with the form of a dwarf (Vāmana)
• वामन-रूपेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामनरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन

• प्रच्छन्नम्: hidden, disguised
• प्रच्छन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रच्छन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; प्र-छद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ब्रह्म-रूपिणा: by one having the form of Brahman (a brahmin-like form)
• ब्रह्म-रूपिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• बलेः: of Bali
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• यथा: as, how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• हृतम्: was taken away / taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; हृ)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), कर्मणि, नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• राज्यम्: kingdom, sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विक्रमैः: by (his) strides/steps, by prowess
• विक्रमैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• श्रुतम्: heard, has been heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; श्रु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), कर्मणि, नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Bali

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the Vāmana–Bali episode as a moral exemplar: worldly sovereignty is not absolute, and when pride or unrighteousness swells, a higher dharmic order can curtail it—sometimes through seemingly small or humble means.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana alludes to the well-known account in which Vāmana, disguised as a dwarf brāhmaṇa, approaches King Bali and, through His cosmic strides, deprives Bali of his kingdom—reminding the listener that this story is already familiar by tradition.