Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 66

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

Devanagari script

नमरो नाम विख्यातो महाबलपराक्रमः यक्षानाश्रित्य तस्थौ स कालयन् श्वापदान् मुन्

Transliteration

namaro nāma vikhyāto mahābalaparākramaḥ yakṣānāśritya tasthau sa kālayan śvāpadān mun

Translation

Havia um Daitya chamado Namara, célebre por grande força e valentia; ele se manteve firme apoiando-se nos Yakṣas, devorando as feras, ó sábio.

Word by Word

• नमरः: Namara (name of a being)
• नमरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: by name / called
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/labeling)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः ‘called/namely’ इत्यर्थे (particle of naming)

• विख्यातः: renowned
• विख्यातः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ख्यात (कृदन्त; √ख्या धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• महाबलपराक्रमः: of great strength and valor
• महाबलपराक्रमः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल + पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् बलः च पराक्रमः च यस्य)

• यक्षान्: yakṣas
• यक्षान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• आश्रित्य: having resorted to / relying on
• आश्रित्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/gerundial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-श्रि (कृदन्त; √श्रि धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय-प्रयोगः; ‘having resorted to’

• तस्थौ: stood / remained
• तस्थौ: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कालयन्: driving away / impelling
• कालयन्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कालय (कृदन्त; √कल्/√काल् causative)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘while driving/impelling’

• श्वापदान्: wild beasts / carnivores
• श्वापदान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वापद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• मुनि: O sage
• मुनि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; (पाठे ‘मुन्’ = मुनि)

Speakers

• Narrator addressing 'mune' (O sage); specific interlocutors not given in input

Key Themes

• Daitya polity/violence
• Yakṣa alliances
• Local myth linked to tīrtha

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Power (bala-parākrama) without dharma expresses as predation; the verse frames tyranny as a distortion of kṣatra-energy, warning that alliances (āśraya) with the strong do not sanctify adharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita/Carita-type episodic history of beings (Daitya figure) embedded in a place-glorification narrative; it supplies etiological background for later tīrtha-phala or local rites.

What is the symbolic significance?

Namara’s 'reliance on Yakṣas' symbolizes worldly dependence and coercive power; consuming śvāpadāḥ (beasts) reflects a descent into raw appetite—an inversion of the ascetic ideal often associated with tīrtha.