Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 4
Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
तामागतां सती दृष्ट्वा जयमेकामुवाच ह किमर्थं विजया नागाज्जयन्ती चापराजिता
tāmāgatāṃ satī dṛṣṭvā jayamekāmuvāca ha kimarthaṃ vijayā nāgājjayantī cāparājitā
ਜਯਾ ਨੂੰ ਇਕੱਲੀ ਆਈ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਸਤੀ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—“ਵਿਜਯਾ ਕਿਉਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਈ? ਅਤੇ ਜਯੰਤੀ ਤੇ ਅਪਰਾਜਿਤਾ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹਨ?”
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FAQs
The verse models accountability and completeness in dharmic action: Satī’s question assumes that associated strengths/virtues (victory, triumph, unconquerability) should accompany the undertaking—an implicit call to wholeness, not partial effort.
It remains within narrative exposition (ākhyāna). It does not directly treat creation cycles (sarga/pratisarga) or dynastic catalogues (vaṃśa), but advances a character-driven episode.
The cluster Vijayā–Jayantī–Aparājitā reads as a triad of ‘victory-energies’ (śaktis). Their absence can foreshadow a ritual/social constraint (e.g., being engaged elsewhere) or a deliberate narrative device to highlight the cause (nimantraṇa/ritual obligation) given next.