Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 34

Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells

Devanagari script

क्षिप्तो जलेशेन विरोचनस्तु सकुञ्जरो भूमितले पपात साट्टं सन्यत्रार्गलहर्म्यभूमि पुरं सुकेशेरिव भस्करेण

Transliteration

kṣipto jaleśena virocanastu sakuñjaro bhūmitale papāta sāṭṭaṃ sanyatrārgalaharmyabhūmi puraṃ sukeśeriva bhaskareṇa

Translation

జలేశుడు విసిరిన విరోచనుడు ఏనుగుతో కూడి భూమిపై పడిపోయాడు; అతడు అట్టాలికలు, ప్రాసాదాలు, నేలపై అలా ఢీకొన్నాడు—సుకేశ నగరంలో సూర్యుడు మండుతూ తాళాలు, అర్గళాలు చెదరగొట్టినట్లుగా।

Word by Word

• क्षिप्तः: (having been) thrown
• क्षिप्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जलेशेन: by the lord of waters
• जलेशेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जलस्य ईशः)

• विरोचनः: Virocana
• विरोचनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• सकुञ्जरः: together with the elephant
• सकुञ्जरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स+कुञ्जर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सहितः’ (with)

• भूमितले: on the ground
• भूमितले: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि-तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूमेः तलम्)

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• साट्टम्: together with his weapon/gear
• साट्टम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स+आट्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सहितम्’ (with) + आट्ट (weapon/club etc., context-dependent)

• स: with
• स: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: उपपद-निपात ‘सह’ अर्थे (with)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: elsewhere)

• अर्गलहर्म्यभूमि: (in) the area of bolts, mansions and ground (i.e., the city-structures)
• अर्गलहर्म्यभूमि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्गल-हर्म्य-भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-समाहारद्वन्द्वः (अर्गलम् च हर्म्यम् च भूमिः च—place with bolts, mansions, ground); (पाठभेद/समास-व्याख्या सम्भव)

• पुरम्: city
• पुरम्: Karma/Adhikaraṇa (कर्म/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म)/प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुकेशेर्: of Sukeśi
• सुकेशेर्: Upamāna-sambandha (उपमान-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकेशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘इव’ पूर्वपदेन उपमान-सम्बन्धः

• इव: like/as
• इव: Upamā (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• भस्करेण: by the sun
• भस्करेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

Speakers

• Primary dialogue framework not explicit in the provided excerpt; commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa

Primary Deities

• Varuṇa/Jaleśa (agent of throwing)

Key Themes

• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Cosmic similes
• Downfall through counter-force

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purāṇic combat often teaches that arrogance and aggression meet proportional resistance: the same force that elevates (being flung into the sky) can precipitate a catastrophic fall, underscoring the necessity of dharma-guided power.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Narrative history (Vamśānucarita) and Manvantara-style heroic conflict motifs: exemplary episodes of Deva–Asura struggle used to frame cosmic order and its restoration.

What is the symbolic significance?

The solar simile (bhāskara) conveys irresistible, law-like force: just as the sun’s heat ‘breaks’ constraints, divine/elemental authority (here Jaleśa/Varuṇa) breaks the imposed disorder of the Daitya’s violence.