Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 68

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

Devanagari script

ततो ऽग्निमध्यादुत्तस्थौ पुरुषो रौद्रदर्शनः व्यद्रावयत् स तान् यक्षान् खङ्गपाणिर्भयङ्करः

Transliteration

tato 'gnimadhyāduttasthau puruṣo raudradarśanaḥ vyadrāvayat sa tān yakṣān khaṅgapāṇirbhayaṅkaraḥ

Translation

پھر آگ کے بیچ سے رُدر جیسے ہیبت ناک منظر والا ایک مرد اٹھ کھڑا ہوا؛ ہاتھ میں تلوار لیے، وہ خوفناک بن کر ان یَکشوں کو بھگا دینے لگا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (then/thereupon)

• अग्निमध्यात्: from the midst of the fire
• अग्निमध्यात्: Apadana (अपादान/Ablative source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (मध्य), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अग्नेः मध्यात्)

• उत्तस्थौ: arose
• उत्तस्थौ: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रौद्रदर्शनः: of terrifying appearance
• रौद्रदर्शनः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयः (रौद्रं दर्शनं यस्य)

• व्यद्रावयत्: drove away / made flee
• व्यद्रावयत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√द्रु (धातु; णिच् causative)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः ‘made (them) run’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• यक्षान्: yakṣas
• यक्षान्: Karma (कर्म/Object; apposition to तान्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• खङ्गपाणिः: sword-in-hand
• खङ्गपाणिः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खङ्ग + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (खङ्गः पाणौ यस्य)

• भयङ्करः: terrifying
• भयङ्करः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speakers

• Not specified in input (commonly framed within Pulastya–Nārada narration in the Vāmana Purāṇa)

Key Themes

• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Martial theophany / supernatural emergence
• Protection and rout of hostile beings

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Adharma-driven aggression is shown as unstable: even powerful classes like Yakṣas can be scattered when confronted by a divinely empowered, fearsome force. The verse underscores the Purāṇic motif that protection (rakṣaṇa) manifests when cosmic order is threatened.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative material (accounts of beings and conflicts), embedded within a broader cosmological-ethical frame typical of Purāṇas rather than direct sarga/pratisarga exposition.

What is the symbolic significance?

Emergence from fire symbolizes revelation of a latent power through tapas/energy (tejas). The 'raudra' appearance evokes the Rudra principle—swift, terrifying correction—without requiring an explicit Śiva-identification in the verse itself.