Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 13
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
ततो वेगेन महता अंशुमन्तं दिवाकरम् भ्रामयामास सततं सिंहो मृगशिशुं यथा
tato vegena mahatā aṃśumantaṃ divākaram bhrāmayāmāsa satataṃ siṃho mṛgaśiśuṃ yathā
ఆపై అతడు మహా వేగంతో అంషుమాన్ అనే దివాకరుణ్ని నిరంతరం తిప్పాడు; సింహం మృగశిశువును తిప్పినట్లుగా।
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FAQs
Even a cosmic regulator like the Sun can be subjected to violence when adharma or uncontrolled power operates; the passage implies the need for higher divine governance to restore balance and protect the vulnerable.
Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of divine and semi-divine actors) rather than sarga/pratisarga; it is an episode illustrating divine actions and their consequences.
The lion–fawn simile dramatizes asymmetry of power: the radiant Sun (order, time) is treated like prey, signaling a disruption of ṛta that requires intervention by a higher principle (explicitly Mahēśvara in the next verse).