Vamana Purana — Vamana's Birth, Shloka 48

Vamana’s Birth during Bali’s Horse-Sacrifice and the Mapping of Vishnu’s Sacred Presences

Devanagari script

एवं कृतोपनयनो भगवान् भूतभावनः संस्तूयमानो ऋषिभिः साङ्गं वेदमधीयत

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛtopanayano bhagavān bhūtabhāvanaḥ saṃstūyamāno ṛṣibhiḥ sāṅgaṃ vedamadhīyata

Translation

{"scene_description": "A dignified brāhmaṇa, composed after danger, presents the rescued child to his wife; the atmosphere shifts from fear to relief.", "primary_figures": ["Brāhmaṇa father", "Wife (addressed as 'brahman' in vocative)", "Child"], "setting": "Home threshold with auspicious markers; distant hint of sacred water/trees tying back to the tīrtha", "color_palette": ["warm ochre", "white", "leaf green", "gentle gold", "soft blue"], "tanjore_prompt": "Tanjore style, gold-leaf halo-like accents, brāhmaṇa presenting child to wife in a sanctified domestic space, ornate border, serene expressions after danger", "pahari_prompt": "Pahari miniature, tender reunion scene, soft greens and blues, refined facial expressions, subtle sacred landscape in background", "kerala_mural_prompt": "Kerala mural, iconic brāhmaṇa figure with clear muVamana Purana,62,49,VamP 62.49,bharadvājādāṅgirasāt sāmavedaṃ mahādhvanim mahadākhyānasaṃyuktaṃ gandharvasahitaṃ mune,भरद्वाजादाङ्गिरसात् सामवेदं महाध्वनिम् महदाख्यानसंयुक्तं गन्धर्वसहितं मुने,Vamana-Bali Narrative,Dharma Teaching,Adhyaya 62 (title not provided in input; episode: reception of Sāmaveda instruction),49,bharadvājādāṅgirasāt sāmavedaṃ mahādhvanim mahadākhyānasaṃyuktaṃ gandharvasahitaṃ mune,bharadvājāt āṅgirasāt sāmavedaṃ mahā-dhvanim mahat-ākhyāna-saṃyuktaṃ gandharva-sahitaṃ mune,From Bharadvāja

Speakers

• Narratorial voice (Purāṇic narrator) describing Bhagavān; interlocutors not specified in the provided excerpt.

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Bhagavān)

Key Themes

• Dharma of Vedic initiation
• Ideal of divine humility (Lord adopting brahmacarya discipline)
• Authority of Veda and Vedāṅgas
• Sage praise (stuti in narrative form)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

Why does the text emphasize the Lord’s upanayana and Vedic study?

It presents Bhagavān as the archetype of dharma: even as supreme, he models the social-religious discipline of brahmacarya and the authority of śruti, legitimizing Vedic learning as a sacred norm.

What does ‘sāṅgaṃ vedaṃ’ imply in Purāṇic usage?

It indicates not only recitation of the Veda but mastery supported by the Vedāṅgas (auxiliaries such as phonetics, ritual, grammar, etymology, meter, and astronomy), i.e., complete traditional competence.

Is this a stuti (hymn) verse or narrative prose in meter?

It is narrative in śloka meter but includes a stuti element (‘being praised by sages’), showing that praise accompanies and authorizes the Lord’s dharmic acts.