Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 21

Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode

Devanagari script

पुत्रजीवांशुका भृङ्गरोमराजिविराजिता वसन्तलक्ष्मीः संप्राप्ता ब3ह्मन् बदरिकाश्रमे

Transliteration

putrajīvāṃśukā bhṛṅgaromarājivirājitā vasantalakṣmīḥ saṃprāptā ba3hman badarikāśrame

Translation

ดุจสวมอาภรณ์เป็นดอกปุตรชีวะ และงามเด่นด้วยแถวผึ้งดำ ข้าแต่พราหมณ์ ศรีแห่งวสันตะ (วสันตลักษมี) ได้มาถึงอาศรมบทริกาแล้ว

Word by Word

• पुत्रजीव-अंशुका: wearing a garment of putrajīva color/cloth
• पुत्रजीव-अंशुका: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रजीव (प्रातिपदिक) + अंशुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्या अंशुकम् (वस्त्रम्) पुत्रजीववर्ण/पुत्रजीवसम्बद्धम्

• भृङ्ग-रोम-राजि-विराजिता: shining with lines/stripes like black bee-hair
• भृङ्ग-रोम-राजि-विराजिता: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + रोम (प्रातिपदिक) + राजि (प्रातिपदिक) + विराजित (कृदन्त; √राज् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘विराजित’—भृङ्गरोमराजिभिः विराजिता

• वसन्त-लक्ष्मीः: the splendor of spring (Spring-Lakṣmī)
• वसन्त-लक्ष्मीः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थे—वसन्तस्य लक्ष्मीः (spring’s splendor personified)

• संप्राप्ता: arrived, came
• संप्राप्ता: क्रिया (Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √प्राप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्/विधेय—‘has arrived/attained’

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman
• ब्रह्मन्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• बदरिका-आश्रमे: in the Badarikā hermitage
• बदरिका-आश्रमे: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदरिका (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरण—बदरिकायाः आश्रमे

Speakers

• Not explicit in provided excerpt (likely within the Purāṇic frame dialogue
• often Pulastya → Nārada)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Nārāyaṇa)
• Lakṣmī (as ‘Vasanta-Lakṣmī’, personified spring splendour)

Key Themes

• Sacred Geography
• Seasonal sanctity
• Auspiciousness (Lakṣmī symbolism)
• Pilgrimage landscape

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shringara", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Prosperity (Lakṣmī) is portrayed as naturally attending a place of dharma and tapas: the ethical suggestion is that inner discipline and sacred living ‘invite’ auspiciousness—symbolized externally by spring’s fullness.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Ancillary tīrtha/āśrama glorification (māhātmya) rather than the five primary lakṣaṇas; it supports dharma and pilgrimage practice by establishing the site’s sanctity and attractiveness.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Vasanta-Lakṣmī’ merges seasonality with divinity: spring is not merely weather but a theophany of auspicious power; bees and blossoms become the ‘ornaments’ of a sacred realm, implying that nature participates in worship.