Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 27

Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative

Devanagari script

गदां कौमोदकीं गृह्य पद्मनाभामितद्युते याम्यां रक्षस्व मां विष्णो त्वमाहं शरणं गतः

Transliteration

gadāṃ kaumodakīṃ gṛhya padmanābhāmitadyute yāmyāṃ rakṣasva māṃ viṣṇo tvamāhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

Translation

Empunhando a maça Kaumodakī, ó Padmanābha de esplendor incomensurável, protege-me na direção do sul. Ó Viṣṇu, em Ti tomei refúgio.

Word by Word

• gadām: mace
• gadām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular

• kaumodakīm: Kaumodakī
• kaumodakīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaumodakī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular; name of Viṣṇu’s mace

• gṛhya: having taken / taking up
• gṛhya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यपन्त)

• padmanābha: O Padmanābha
• padmanābha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma + nābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: padmasya nābhaḥ (whose navel is a lotus)

• amita-dyute: O one of boundless radiance
• amita-dyute: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amita + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular; bahuvrīhi: amitaḥ dyutiḥ yasya (of immeasurable splendor)

• yāmyām: in the south
• yāmyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (direction understood)

• rakṣasva: protect
• rakṣasva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rakṣ (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (imperative), 2nd person, Singular, Ātmanepada

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Accusative, Singular

• viṣṇo: O Viṣṇu
• viṣṇo: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Accusative, Singular

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Nominative, Singular

• śaraṇam: refuge
• śaraṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• gataḥ: having gone (for refuge)
• gataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speakers

• Primary frame likely Pulastya to Nārada; the verse functions as a mantra to be recited

Primary Deities

• Vishnu

Key Themes

• Vaishnavism
• Bhakti
• Vrata/Rituals
• Protective Mantras
• Śaraṇāgati (Surrender)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Surrender is reiterated as the stable refuge across all directions and life-situations; divine strength (gadā) is invoked to uphold dharma and inner steadiness.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is chiefly ācāra/dharma instruction (mantra for protection) rather than genealogical or cosmological pañcalakṣaṇa content.

What is the symbolic significance?

The South is associated with Yama (mortality and judgment); invoking Kaumodakī there symbolizes divine power overcoming fear, death-anxiety, and moral peril.