Shloka 33

Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa

Devanagari script

मन्वन्तरे ऽत्र संप्राप्ते तथा वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे / वामनः कश्यपाद् विष्णुरदित्यां संबभूव ह

Transliteration

manvantare 'tra saṃprāpte tathā vaivasvate 'ntare / vāmanaḥ kaśyapād viṣṇuradityāṃ saṃbabhūva ha

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อมนวันตระนี้มาถึง คือในยุคไววัสวตะ พระวิษณุทรงบังเกิดจากกัศยปะในครรภ์อทิติ เป็นพระวามนะอวตาร

Word by Word

• मन्वन्तरे: in the manvantara
• मन्वन्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu-antara (प्रातिपदिक: manu + antara)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; tatpuruṣa 'interval of Manu' = manvantara

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• संप्राप्ते: having arrived/occurred
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Locative, Singular; agreeing with 'manvantare' (when the manvantara had arrived)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)

• वैवस्वते: in (the) Vaivasvata (manvantara)
• वैवस्वते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaivasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; qualifying 'antare' (in Vaivasvata manvantara)

• अन्तरे: in the period
• अन्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• वामनः: Vāmana
• वामनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāmana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; name/epithet

• कश्यपात्: from Kaśyapa
• कश्यपात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; source/parentage

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; apposition to 'vāmanaḥ'

• अदित्याम्: in Aditi
• अदित्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aditi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; mother/womb 'in Aditi'

• संबभूव: was born/arose
• संबभूव: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√bhū (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (Perfect/लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular; 'came into being/was born'

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), metrical/expletive, emphasis

Speaker

Purana narrator (Suta/compilers’ narrative voice)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Vaivasvata Manu
• Vishnu
• Vamana
• Kashyapa
• Aditi

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

It presents the Supreme (Viṣṇu) as transcendent yet freely manifesting within cosmic time (Manvantara) through an avatāra—showing the Lord’s immanence without diminishing His supremacy.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific practice is prescribed in this line; it supplies avatāra-context that later supports Kurma Purana teachings where devotion (bhakti), discipline, and Pāśupata-oriented yogic restraint are grounded in the Lord’s compassionate descent.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

While explicitly Vaishnava in naming Viṣṇu’s avatāra, the Kurma Purana’s wider synthesis frames such descents as expressions of the one Īśvara honored through both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava modes—unity in function, difference in form.