Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 58

Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative

Devanagari script

दृष्टश्च दानवैः सर्वैः परित्यक्तश्च बन्धुभिः अकार्यकारकेत्येवं भृयो मालवटं गतः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭaśca dānavaiḥ sarvaiḥ parityaktaśca bandhubhiḥ akāryakāraketyevaṃ bhṛyo mālavaṭaṃ gataḥ

Translation

Nakita siya ng lahat ng Danava at iniwan ng kanyang mga kamag-anak; kaya’t paulit-ulit siyang tinatakan bilang “gumagawa ng di dapat gawin,” siya’y nagtungo sa Mālavaṭa.

Word by Word

• दृष्टः: seen
• दृष्टः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘seen’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• दानवैः: by the demons
• दानवैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• परित्यक्तः: abandoned
• परित्यक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘abandoned’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• बन्धुभिः: by (his) kinsmen
• बन्धुभिः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अकार्यकारक: doer of improper acts
• अकार्यकारक: Sambodhana/Predicate (विशेष्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकार्यकारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (इति-पूर्वं निन्दावचनम्); षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थ-तत्पुरुषः ‘अकार्यं करोति’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• भृयः: again/repeatedly
• भृयः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृयस्/भूयस् (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (again/repeatedly)

• मालवटम्: to Mālavaṭa
• मालवटम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालवट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देश/नगर-नाम

• गतः: went
• गतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone’

Speakers

• Primary dialogue frame traditionally Pulastya → Nārada (not explicit in provided excerpt)

Key Themes

• Ethics (kārya/akārya discrimination)
• Social consequence of adharma
• Exile/relocation
• Daitya/Asura society

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Adharma (akārya) is shown to carry immediate social and familial consequences: loss of kin-support and forced displacement. The verse highlights the dharmic principle that conduct (ācāra) sustains one’s standing within a community.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is best classified under Vamśānucarita / Carita (narrative of persons and events), rather than sarga/pratisarga. It records an episode in the life-course and fortunes of a character among the Dānavas.

What is the symbolic significance?

Being labeled ‘akārya-kāraka’ functions as a moral marker: when discernment between proper and improper action collapses, one is ‘expelled’ from one’s natural support-system (bandhu), mirroring an inner exile from dharmic order.