Vamana Purana — Chanda & Munda Discover Katyayani, Shloka 35
Chanda and Munda Discover Katyayani; Mahishasura’s Proposal and the Vishnu-Panjara Protection
पुलस्त्य उवाच/ तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं देव्या दुन्दुभिर्दानवेश्वरः गत्वा निवेदयामास महिषाय यथातथम्
pulastya uvāca/ tacchrutvā vacanaṃ devyā dundubhirdānaveśvaraḥ gatvā nivedayāmāsa mahiṣāya yathātatham
ਪੁਲਸਤ੍ਯ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਦੇਵੀ ਦੇ ਬਚਨ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਦਾਨਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਸਵਾਮੀ ਦੁੰਦੁਭਿ ਗਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਦਾ ਤਿਵੇਂ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਮਹਿਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਵੇਦਨ ਕਰ ਆਇਆ।
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FAQs
Truthful transmission (‘yathātatham’) is highlighted as a political and moral virtue—accurate speech sustains right decision-making even among adversarial powers.
Vamśānucarita/Carita: it advances an episodic account of daitya leadership and ensuing events, functioning as narrative connective tissue rather than a cosmological marker.
The report to Mahiṣa signals escalation from personal demand to organized confrontation; it also frames the Devī’s condition as an unaltered dharmic rule that even opponents must acknowledge.