Vamana Purana — Chanda & Munda Discover Katyayani, Shloka 37

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

Devanagari script

ततः सेनापतिर्दैत्यो चिक्षुरो नाम नारद सेनाग्रगामिनं चक्रे नमरं नाम दानवम्

Transliteration

tataḥ senāpatirdaityo cikṣuro nāma nārada senāgragāminaṃ cakre namaraṃ nāma dānavam

Translation

ครั้นแล้วจิกษุระ ผู้เป็นแม่ทัพแห่งไทตยะ—โอ้นารท—ได้แต่งตั้งทานวะนามว่า นมระ ให้เป็นผู้นำกองหน้าแห่งกองทัพ

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (ablatival adverb)

• सेनापतिः: commander (general)
• सेनापतिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दैत्यः: the Daitya
• दैत्यः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• चिक्षुरः: Cikṣura (name)
• चिक्षुरः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिक्षुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (नाम)

• नाम: named; by name
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Name-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देश (quotative/‘by name’)

• नारद: O Nārada
• नारद: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• सेनाग्रगामिनम्: one who goes at the head of the army
• सेनाग्रगामिनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना + अग्र + गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (सेनायाः अग्रे गच्छति इति)

• चक्रे: made; appointed
• चक्रे: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नमरम्: Namara (name)
• नमरम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (नाम)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Name-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देश (quotative/‘by name’)

• दानवम्: a Dānava (demon)
• दानवम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Narrator addressing Nārada (implying Pulastya → Nārada frame)

Key Themes

• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• War preparation
• Leadership and hierarchy

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse highlights how power organizes itself through delegated authority; Purāṇic ethics often contrasts such ambition-driven hierarchy with dharma-driven leadership (where authority is restrained by yajña, dāna, and protection).

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa?

Vamśānucarita/Carita: it records named figures (Cikṣura, Namara) and their roles in events that explain subsequent actions at a sacred locale.

What is the symbolic significance?

Appointing a 'front-runner' (senāgragāmin) symbolizes the projection of will/ego to the forefront—often a narrative precursor in Purāṇas to a corrective intervention by dharma or divinity.