Vamana Purana — Chanda & Munda Discover Katyayani, Shloka 28

Chanda and Munda Discover Katyayani; Mahishasura’s Proposal and the Vishnu-Panjara Protection

Devanagari script

यान्येव रत्नानि महीतले वा स्वर्गे ऽपि पातालतले ऽथ मुग्धे स्रावणि मामद्य समागतानि वीर्यार्जितानीह विशालनेत्रे

Transliteration

yānyeva ratnāni mahītale vā svarge 'pi pātālatale 'tha mugdhe srāvaṇi māmadya samāgatāni vīryārjitānīha viśālanetre

Translation

โอ้ผู้หลงใหล โอ้ผู้มีนัยน์ตากว้าง! รัตนะทั้งปวงที่มีอยู่บนแผ่นดิน ในสวรรค์ และในปาตาล วันนี้ในเดือนศราวณะได้มารวมอยู่ ณ ที่นี้กับข้า—เป็นผลที่ได้มาด้วยเดชแห่งวีรภาพของข้า

Word by Word

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative), कर्ता (with समागतानि)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphatic/only)

• रत्नानि: jewels
• रत्नानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्ता

• मही-तले: on the earth’s surface
• मही-तले: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विकल्पार्थक

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also/even)

• पाताल-तले: on the surface of Pātāla
• पाताल-तले: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• अथ: then/now
• अथ: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/सम्बोधनार्थक (then/now)

• मुग्धे: O innocent one
• मुग्धे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुग्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; सम्बोधन

• स्रावणि: O Śrāvaṇī
• स्रावणि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रावणि (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; सम्बोधन (नाम/विशेषसम्बोधन)

• माम्: to me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म (towards me)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (time adverb)

• समागतानि: have come/arrived
• समागतानि: Kriyā-sādhya/Pradhāna (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + √गम् (धातु) क्त कृदन्त (समागत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), विधेय (predicate)

• वीर्य-अर्जितानि: won by valor
• वीर्य-अर्जितानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (√अर्ज् धातु, क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifies रत्नानि)

• इह: here
• इह: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (place adverb)

• विशाल-नेत्रे: O wide-eyed one
• विशाल-नेत्रे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल (प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्याः नेत्रे विशालें’; सम्बोधन

Speakers

• Bali (addressing Vāmana with epithets ‘mugdha’
• ‘viśālanetra’)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Vāmana, implied)

Key Themes

• Wealth and sovereignty
• Daitya–Deva Conflict (implied conquest-sourced riches)
• Hubris vs. Dharma
• Dana-dharma (narrative setup: wealth preceding the gift request)
• Time marker (Śrāvaṇa month)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Prosperity claimed as ‘won by valor’ is still impermanent and ethically ambiguous if rooted in conquest. The Vāmana episode typically redirects such amassed wealth toward righteous giving (dāna) and the recognition that ownership is conditional within dharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is narrative characterization within Vamśānucarita/Carita. The Śrāvaṇa reference is a calendrical detail but not, by itself, a vrata prescription here; it functions as scene-setting within the story.

What is the symbolic significance?

Treasures gathered from earth, heaven, and Pātāla symbolize total acquisition across realms. In the Vāmana–Trivikrama arc, such ‘totality’ will be relativized: the cosmos itself becomes the measure of the Lord’s stride, and Bali’s ‘all’ becomes a small offering within a larger metaphysical reality.