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Vamana Purana — Ritadhvaja Aids Galava, Shloka 30

Ritadhvaja’s Aid to Galava and Andhaka’s Infatuation with Gauri

Devanagari script

स प्रह्लादवचः श्रुत्वा क्रोदान्धो मदनार्दितः इयं सा शत्रुजननीत्येवमुक्त्वा प्रदुद्रुवे

Transliteration

sa prahlādavacaḥ śrutvā krodāndho madanārditaḥ iyaṃ sā śatrujananītyevamuktvā pradudruve

Translation

स प्रह्लादवचः श्रुत्वा क्रोधान्धो मदनार्दितः । “इयं सा शत्रुजननी” इत्येवमुक्त्वा प्रदुद्रुवे ॥

Word by Word

सःhe

प्रह्लाद-वचःPrahlāda’s words

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

क्रोध-अन्धःblinded by anger

मदन-आर्दितःafflicted by desire

इयम्this (woman)

साthat (woman)

शत्रु-जननीmother of the enemy

इतिthus

एवम्in this way

उक्त्वाhaving said

प्रदुद्रुवेran forth / fled

Speakers

Narrator (describing the Daitya king’s reaction to Prahlāda); the utterance is by the Daitya king directed toward/against Prahlāda’s mother (implied) and by extension Prahlāda

Key Themes

Tyrannical rage against dharmaFamily conflict in devotional narrativePsychology of adharma (anger and passion)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Who is ‘she’ in ‘iyaṃ sā śatrujananī’?

The phrase targets Prahlāda’s mother (implicitly), blaming her for ‘producing an enemy’—i.e., a son who opposes the king’s will through devotion and moral counsel. It is a narrative device showing the king’s displacement of blame rather than self-correction.

Why pair ‘anger’ (krodha) with ‘Madana’ (desire/passion) here?

Purāṇic psychology often treats anger and desire as allied forces that cloud discernment. The king’s reaction is not principled disagreement but a compounded agitation—krodha (violent impulse) intensified by madana (egoic craving for dominance/pleasure).

What does this verse contribute to the chapter’s dharma teaching?

It demonstrates the typical worldly reception of dharma by an adhārmic ruler: wholesome counsel (pathya) can trigger hostility. The narrative thus frames Prahlāda’s virtue as steadfastness amid persecution.