Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 57

The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows

Devanagari script

नमस्ते भगनेत्रघ्न पूष्णो दशननाशन इदमुच्चारयेद्भक्त्या प्रीणनाय जगत्पतेः

Transliteration

namaste bhaganetraghna pūṣṇo daśananāśana idamuccārayedbhaktyā prīṇanāya jagatpateḥ

Translation

नमस्ते भगनेत्रघ्न पूष्णो दशननाशन; इदं भक्त्या उच्चारयेत् जगत्पतेः प्रीणनाय।

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक निपात)

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (enclitic)

• भग-नेत्र-घ्न: O slayer of Bhaga’s eye
• भग-नेत्र-घ्न: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हन्, घ्न-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (भगस्य नेत्रं हन्ति इति)

• पूष्णः: of Pūṣan
• पूष्णः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• दशन-नाशन: O destroyer of (his) teeth
• दशन-नाशन: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दशनानां नाशनः)

• इदम्: this (hymn/utterance)
• इदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• उच्चारयेत्: should recite/utter
• उच्चारयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + √चर् (धातु) (उच्चारणे)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• प्रीणनाय: for pleasing
• प्रीणनाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीणन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• जगत्-पतेः: of the Lord of the world
• जगत्-पतेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जगतः पतिः)

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (often Pulastya → Nārada framework)

Primary Deities

• Jagatpati (Lord of the world)
• Rudra/Śiva (implied by epithets from Dakṣa-yajña)

Key Themes

• Bhakti
• Mantra/Stotra
• Sectarian Harmony (Hari-Śiva complementarity)
• Ritual Recitation

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "vira", "secondaryRasa": "raudra", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Devotional recitation is presented as a direct means of ‘pleasing’ the cosmic Lord; the stress is on bhakti (intentional devotion) rather than mere phonetics. The epithets also remind the practitioner that divine power corrects arrogance (as in the Dakṣa-yajña motif).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is a dharma/ācāra instruction (mantra-vidhi) rather than a cosmological or genealogical unit. In Purāṇic composition, such verses function as practical upadeśa embedded within the narrative frame.

What is the symbolic significance?

Invoking the ‘Bhaga-eye’ and ‘Pūṣan-teeth’ epithets recalls the Dakṣa sacrifice disruption, symbolizing the limitation of sensory pride (eye/teeth as instruments of enjoyment and assertion). In the Vāmana Purāṇa’s inclusive tone, such Śaiva epithets can function within a broader Jagatpati devotion without rigid sectarian boundaries.