Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 13

The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच यस्मान्मद्वचनं पापे न क्षान्तं कुटिले त्वया तस्मान्मच्छापनिर्दग्धा सर्वा आपो भविष्यसि

Transliteration

brahmovāca yasmānmadvacanaṃ pāpe na kṣāntaṃ kuṭile tvayā tasmānmacchāpanirdagdhā sarvā āpo bhaviṣyasi

Translation

ବ୍ରହ୍ମା କହିଲେ—ହେ ପାପିନୀ କୁଟିଲେ, ତୁମେ ମୋ ବଚନକୁ ସହିଲା/ଗ୍ରହଣ କଲା ନାହିଁ; ତେଣୁ ମୋ ଶାପରେ ଦଗ୍ଧ ହୋଇ ତୁମେ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ‘ଆପଃ’—ଜଳରୂପ ହେବ।

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: हेतु (Hetu/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतौ अव्ययीभावार्थे; ‘यस्मात्’ = ‘because/since’ (ablative used adverbially)

• मत्: my
• मत्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचन (genitive sg) in compound; enclitic stem ‘मत्’

• वचनम्: word, command
• वचनम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; here object

• पापे: O sinful one
• पापे: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• क्षान्तम्: forgiven, endured
• क्षान्तम्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षान्त (कृदन्त; क्त) ← क्षम् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; here with implied ‘अस्ति’ = ‘was forgiven/endured’

• कुटिले: O crooked one
• कुटिले: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुटिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: करण/कर्ता (Karaṇa/Agent-in-instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: हेतु/निगमन (Hetu/Conclusion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतौ अव्ययीभावार्थे; ‘therefore’ (ablative used adverbially)

• मत्: my
• मत्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचन (genitive sg) in compound; enclitic stem ‘मत्’

• शाप: curse
• शाप: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप; in compound

• निर्दग्धा: burnt up, consumed
• निर्दग्धा: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + दग्ध (कृदन्त; क्त) ← दह् (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; agrees with (त्वम्) understood

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; agrees with आपः

• आपः: waters
• आपः: कर्म/परिणाम (Karma/Result-state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; irregular plural stem

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speakers

• Brahmā speaking (to a female figure who becomes Āpaḥ; clarified in next verse as Himavat’s daughter)

Primary Deities

• Brahmā

Key Themes

• Dharma (obedience to divine injunction)
• Śāpa and cosmic transformation
• Personification of elements
• Moral causality

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Disregard of authoritative, dharmic instruction (here, Brahmā’s vacana) is presented as adharma that rebounds upon the agent. The verse frames cosmic order as maintained through adherence to truthful command; refusal leads to enforced transformation—an ethical warning against obstinacy and duplicity (kuṭilatā).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This passage aligns most closely with Sarga/Pratisarga-type material in the broad sense: it narrates a cosmological/ontological transformation (a being becoming Āpaḥ) and its effects on worlds (expanded in the next verse). It is not vamśa/vamśānucarita; rather it is a cosmic-order episode explaining conditions in the universe.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Becoming Waters’ under a curse symbolizes involuntary dissolution of fixed identity into an all-pervading element. Waters can signify both life-support and overwhelm; here the element becomes a vehicle of consequence—unchecked force arising from moral failure, requiring later containment by Vedic power (seen in v.15).