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Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 12

The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच ततः पितामहः क्रुद्धः कुटिलां प्राह दारुणाम् भगवानादिकृद् ब्रह्मा सर्वेशो ऽपि महामुन्

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca tataḥ pitāmahaḥ kruddhaḥ kuṭilāṃ prāha dāruṇām bhagavānādikṛd brahmā sarveśo 'pi mahāmun

Translation

Pulastya disse: «Então o Avô (Brahmā), enfurecido, dirigiu a Kuṭilā palavras duras e terríveis. Esse bem-aventurado Brahmā—criador desde o princípio—embora senhor de tudo, ó grande sábio…»

Word by Word

पुलस्त्यःPulastya

उवाचsaid

ततःthen

पितामहःthe Grandfather (Brahmā)

क्रुद्धःangry

कुटिलाम्the crooked woman

प्राहsaid (to)

दारुणाम्terrible, harsh

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

आदिकृत्the prime creator

ब्रह्माBrahmā

सर्वेशःlord of all

अपिalso, even

महामुनेO great sage

Speakers

Pulastya narrating (to Nāradaper typical Vāmana Purāṇa frame)

Primary Deities

Brahma (Pitāmaha)

Key Themes

Purāṇic dialogue frameDivine emotion (krodha)Cosmic governanceMoral censure of ‘crookedness’ (kuṭilatā—possible wordplay)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even exalted authority (sarveśa) in Purāṇic narration can manifest ‘krodha’ as a didactic tool—anger here functions as moral governance against adharma (hinted by the name/epithet Kuṭilā, ‘crooked’).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is part of Vamśānucarita / narrative transmission: a ṛṣi-to-ṛṣi dialogue (Pulastya’s report) conveying exemplary events and ethical causality.

What is the symbolic significance?

Brahmā as ‘ādikṛt’ (primordial creator) yet ‘kruddha’ underscores that cosmic order includes corrective force. If Kuṭilā is read as personified crookedness, the scene dramatizes the chastening of deception by creative-intelligible order.