Vamana Purana — Chanda & Munda Discover Katyayani, Shloka 35
Chanda and Munda Discover Katyayani; Mahishasura’s Proposal and the Vishnu-Panjara Protection
पुलस्त्य उवाच/ तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं देव्या दुन्दुभिर्दानवेश्वरः गत्वा निवेदयामास महिषाय यथातथम्
pulastya uvāca/ tacchrutvā vacanaṃ devyā dundubhirdānaveśvaraḥ gatvā nivedayāmāsa mahiṣāya yathātatham
ปุลัสตยะกล่าวว่า ครั้นได้ฟังถ้อยคำของพระเทวีแล้ว ทุนทุภีผู้เป็นจอมแห่งทานวะก็ไปกราบทูลแก่มหิษะตามที่เป็นอยู่ทุกประการ
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FAQs
Truthful transmission (‘yathātatham’) is highlighted as a political and moral virtue—accurate speech sustains right decision-making even among adversarial powers.
Vamśānucarita/Carita: it advances an episodic account of daitya leadership and ensuing events, functioning as narrative connective tissue rather than a cosmological marker.
The report to Mahiṣa signals escalation from personal demand to organized confrontation; it also frames the Devī’s condition as an unaltered dharmic rule that even opponents must acknowledge.