Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 51

Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas

Devanagari script

हरिबाहूरुवेगेन विनिष्पिष्टस्य भूतले सहितं रुधिरोद्गारैर्मुकाच्चक्रं विनिगतम्

Transliteration

haribāhūruvegena viniṣpiṣṭasya bhūtale sahitaṃ rudhirodgārairmukāccakraṃ vinigatam

Translation

ஹரியின் கரங்களும் தொடைகளும் கொண்ட வேகத்தால் தரையில் நசுக்கப்பட்டதால், அவன் வாயிலிருந்து இரத்தப் பெருக்குகளுடன் சக்கரம் வெளியே வந்தது।

Word by Word

• hari-bāhu-uru-vegena: by the great force of Hari's arms
• hari-bāhu-uru-vegena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक) + uru (प्रातिपदिक) + vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• viniṣpiṣṭasya: of the one crushed
• viniṣpiṣṭasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-nis-√piṣ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter depending on implied referent (here: of the crushed one)

• bhūtale: on the ground
• bhūtale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• sahitam: together with/along with
• sahitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with 'cakram' (neuter)

• rudhira-udgāraiḥ: with gushes of blood
• rudhira-udgāraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudhira (प्रातिपदिक) + udgāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mukhāt: from the mouth
• mukhāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• cakram: the discus
• cakram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); subject of 'vinigatam' (neuter)

• vinigatam: came out/emerged
• vinigatam: Kriyā (क्रिया; participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ni-√gam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) used predicatively; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (often embedded in Pulastya → Nārada narration)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu
• Shiva (via gaṇa context)

Key Themes

• Shaiva-Vaishnava Synthesis
• Divine Combat
• Inevitability of Dharma (return of Sudarśana)
• Violence in Mythic Narrative

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Suppression of righteous force (here, Sudarśana) is temporary; dharmic power re-emerges even after being ‘swallowed.’ The graphic imagery underscores the cost of opposing cosmic order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

It remains within Carita-style episodic narration (deeds/conflict), not within cosmological creation cycles or dynastic lists.

What is the symbolic significance?

The cakra’s reappearance from the mouth—amid blood—can be read as the purging of unlawfully appropriated power: what is not assimilable (dharma as Sudarśana) cannot be digested by adharmic force.