Vamana Purana — Prahlada vs Nara-Narayana, Shloka 4

Prahlada’s Defeat by Nara-Narayana and Victory through Bhakti

Devanagari script

ततो विहस्य भगवान् मञ्जरीं कुसुमावृताम् आदाय प्राक्सुवर्णाङ्गीमूर्वोर्बालां विनिर्ममे

Transliteration

tato vihasya bhagavān mañjarīṃ kusumāvṛtām ādāya prāksuvarṇāṅgīmūrvorbālāṃ vinirmame

Translation

แล้วพระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงแย้มสรวล หยิบช่อดอกไม้ที่ปกคลุมด้วยบุปผา และทรงเนรมิตจากพระเพลาทั้งสองเป็นกุมารีผู้เยาว์กายสีทองดังเดิม

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरम्

• विहस्य: having laughed/smiled
• विहस्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस् (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग) → विहस्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मञ्जरीम्: a blossom-cluster/spray
• मञ्जरीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मञ्जरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कुसुमावृताम्: covered with flowers
• कुसुमावृताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुसुम + आवृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (कुसुमैः आवृता)

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (धातु) → आदाय (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• प्राक्: formerly/in front
• प्राक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Deśa (क्रियाविशेषण/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पूर्वकाल/पूर्वदिशावाचक (formerly/in front)

• सुवर्णाङ्गीम्: golden-limbed (woman)
• सुवर्णाङ्गीम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवर्ण + अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सुवर्णम् अङ्गं यस्याः/सुवर्णाङ्गी)

• ऊर्वोः: from (his) two thighs
• ऊर्वोः: Apādāna/Source (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, द्विवचन (genitive dual)

• बालाम्: a young girl/maiden
• बालाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विनिर्ममे: created/formed
• विनिर्ममे: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + निर् + मा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speakers

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

Primary Deities

• Bhagavān (contextual creator figure)
• Kandarpa (introduced next verse)

Key Themes

• Mythic origin
• Aesthetic description (rūpa-varṇana)
• Creation through divine agency

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The passage frames beauty and desire as arising within cosmic order, not merely as human impulse; the ‘smiling’ creative act suggests that even kāma (desire) has a sanctioned place when integrated with dharma rather than opposed to it.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This aligns most closely with Vaṃśānucarita / mythic account of divine beings (ancillary genealogy/origin of a deity-associated figure), rather than sarga/pratisarga proper; it is a narrative etiological unit explaining a figure’s emergence.

What is the symbolic significance?

The maiden’s ‘golden-bodied’ form and emergence from the thighs (ūrū) symbolically link desire/attraction to vitality, generation, and embodied power; the flower-cluster imagery encodes śṛṅgāra as a natural, fragrant force that can be shaped by divine will.