Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 68

Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)

Devanagari script

तमुवाच जगत्स्वामी गच्छ त्वं निजमाश्रयम् हितोपदेष्टा दैत्यानां दानवानां तथा भव

Transliteration

tamuvāca jagatsvāmī gaccha tvaṃ nijamāśrayam hitopadeṣṭā daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ tathā bhava

Translation

Владыка вселенной сказал ему: «Ступай в своё прибежище. И будь также благим наставником для дайтьев и данавов».

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• जगत्स्वामी: lord of the world
• जगत्स्वामी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• निजम्: your own
• निजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies आश्रयम्)

• आश्रयम्: refuge, abode
• आश्रयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• हितोपदेष्टा: beneficial adviser/instructor
• हितोपदेष्टा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक) + उपदेष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agent noun)

• दैत्यानाम्: of the Daityas
• दैत्यानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• दानवानाम्: of the Dānavas
• दानवानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• तथा: thus, in that way
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/so’)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speakers

• Nārāyaṇa (jagatsvāmī) addressing Nārada

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Nārāyaṇa)

Key Themes

• Dharma (right counsel)
• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Ethical instruction
• Nonsectarian tone (implicit)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even adversarial groups (Daityas/Dānavas) are not beyond ethical guidance; the divine instruction authorizes Nārada’s role as a welfare-oriented counselor rather than a partisan agitator, implying governance and power should be tempered by dharmic advice.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of key actors in cosmic history) within the Deva–Asura cycle; it supports the ongoing account of how divine policy and counsel shape outcomes in the asura lineages.

What is the symbolic significance?

Nārada’s movement between camps symbolizes dharma as trans-sectarian and trans-political: wisdom is meant to restrain excess wherever it appears, not only among the devas.