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Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 45

Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata

Devanagari script

दुर्भिक्षे व्यसने चापि येनात्मा विनिवेदितः स स्वयन्दत्त इत्युस्तथान्यः कारणान्तरैः

Transliteration

durbhikṣe vyasane cāpi yenātmā viniveditaḥ sa svayandatta ityustathānyaḥ kāraṇāntaraiḥ

Translation

Mesmo em tempo de fome ou de calamidade, aquele que ofereceu (entregou) a sua própria pessoa é chamado svayaṃdatta, “dado por si mesmo”; do mesmo modo, outro pode ser assim denominado por outras causas.

Word by Word

dur-bhikṣein famine

vyasanein calamity

caand

apialso/even

yenaby whom

ātmāself/person

viniveditaḥsurrendered/offered

saḥhe

svayam-dattaḥself-given (one who gives himself)

itithus

uktaḥis called

tathālikewise

anyaḥanother (one)

kāraṇa-antaraiḥby other reasons

Speakers

Not specified in input (didactic dharma passage; likely a sage/narrator instructing a listeneras common in Purāṇic dharma sections).

Key Themes

Dharma teachingEthics of self-surrender/self-saleFamine ethics (durbhikṣa-dharma)Definitions/classifications in dharma discourse

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does ‘svayaṃdatta’ mean in this context?

It is a dharma-technical label for a person who has ‘given himself’—i.e., surrendered his person/agency under extreme conditions (such as famine) or other specified circumstances. The verse is definitional rather than devotional.

Is the verse endorsing self-surrender as ideal dharma?

The wording functions as classification: it identifies who is called ‘self-given’ under famine/calamity and other causes. Purāṇic dharma sections often record such categories without presenting them as universally desirable.

Why mention famine (durbhikṣa) specifically?

Famine is a classic ‘exceptional circumstance’ in dharma literature where normal social-economic rules are discussed with special nuance; this verse anchors the definition of svayaṃdatta in such crisis conditions.