Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 10
The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)
स्वं विकासं विमुञ्चन्ति निशामिति व्यचिन्तयन् कमलाकरेषु कमला मित्रमित्यवगम्य हि रात्रौ विकसिता ब्रह्मन् विभूतिं दातुमीप्सवः
svaṃ vikāsaṃ vimuñcanti niśāmiti vyacintayan kamalākareṣu kamalā mitramityavagamya hi rātrau vikasitā brahman vibhūtiṃ dātumīpsavaḥ
Размышляя: «Они оставляют своё цветение ночью», и понимая, что в лотосовых прудах лотос — друг ночи/луны, о брахман, они раскрылись ночью, желая даровать благополучие и величие (вибхути).
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FAQs
Even what seems ‘inactive’ in darkness can become the means of blessing: the night-blooming lotus motif teaches that auspiciousness is not limited to conventional times or appearances, and that providence can operate through reversal of expectations.
Carita/descriptive narration within an episode (not a doctrinal vrata-injunction, nor sarga/pratisarga). It functions as poetic amplification supporting the surrounding narrative setting.
The lotus’s affinity with the moon/night underscores a Śrī (prosperity) subtext via ‘kamalā’ wordplay (lotus/Lakṣmī). Night blossoming ‘to give vibhūti’ suggests hidden or nocturnal sources of grace—an inversion paralleling the prior verses’ day/night luminosity reversal.