Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 71

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

Devanagari script

अव्याक्तात् मभवन्त्येते त्रयो व्यक्ता महामुने अतो मरीचिप्रमुखास्तथान्ये ऽपि सहस्रशः

Transliteration

avyāktāt mabhavantyete trayo vyaktā mahāmune ato marīcipramukhāstathānye 'pi sahasraśaḥ

Translation

ହେ ମହାମୁନି, ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତରୁ ଏହି ତିନିଜଣ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି। ସେମାନଙ୍କଠାରୁ ମରୀଚି ପ୍ରମୁଖ ପ୍ରଜାପତିମାନେ ଓ ଏହିପରି ହଜାରେ ଅନ୍ୟମାନେ ଜନ୍ମ ନେନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• अव्यक्तात्: from the unmanifest
• अव्यक्तात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अभवन्: came to be/arose
• अभवन्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; numeral used substantively

• व्यक्ताः: manifest
• व्यक्ताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (great sage)

• अतः: therefore/from that
• अतः: Hetu/Upapatti (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/particle): ‘therefore/from that’

• मरीचिप्रमुखाः: those headed by Marīci
• मरीचिप्रमुखाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (having Marīci as foremost)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘thus/likewise’

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘also/even’

• सहस्रशः: in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): distributive ‘by thousands/in thousands’

Speakers

• Narrator/teacher figure addressing a sage (mahāmune)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (as ultimate source in Purāṇic framing)

Key Themes

• Avyakta–vyakta transition
• Genealogy of creation (Prajāpatis/ṛṣis)
• Marīci and progenitor lineages
• Multiplicity of beings

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Who is Marīci in Purāṇic cosmology?

Marīci is a primeval ṛṣi and Prajāpati, commonly counted among the mind-born sons of Brahmā. He functions as a progenitor through whom further lineages of sages, gods, and beings unfold.

What are ‘the three’ that become manifest from the Unmanifest?

Within this chapter’s sequence, ‘the three’ refers to the triad of guṇa-conditioned cosmic principles previously enumerated in the surrounding verses (including the tāmasa and rājasa forms just described). The verse summarizes their emergence from avyakta into vyakta manifestation.

Does ‘sahasraśaḥ’ indicate a literal thousand creations?

It is an idiom for vast multiplicity—countless emanations and lineages—emphasizing the profusion of created categories rather than a fixed numeric count.