Vamana Purana — Portents at Bali's Sacrifice, Shloka 97

Portents at Bali’s Sacrifice and the Kośakāra’s Son: The Power of Past Karma

Devanagari script

भक्ष्यैश्च दाडिमफलैः पुष्णन्त्यहरहः पितः कदाचित् पद्मपत्राक्षी श्यामा पीनपयोधरा

Transliteration

bhakṣyaiśca dāḍimaphalaiḥ puṣṇantyaharahaḥ pitaḥ kadācit padmapatrākṣī śyāmā pīnapayodharā

Translation

ସେ ନାନା ଭକ୍ଷ୍ୟ ଓ ଦାଡ଼ିମ ଫଳ ଦେଇ ଦିନକୁ ଦିନ ମୋତେ ପୋଷଣ କରୁଥିଲା। କେବେ ଏକ ପଦ୍ମପତ୍ରାକ୍ଷୀ, ଶ୍ୟାମା, ପୀନପୟୋଧରା ଯୁବତୀ ଥିଲା।

Speakers

• Narrator (first-person voice in the episode) describing a woman’s care; the broader frame-speaker is not provided in the excerpt.

Key Themes

• Narrative interlude within tīrtha-context
• Character portrait (nāyikā-lakṣaṇa style descriptors)
• Care/nourishment and domestic intimacy

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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