Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 2

Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)

Devanagari script

ताडितस्याथ गदया धर्मपुत्रस्य नारद नेत्राभ्यामपतद् वारि वह्निवर्षनिभं भुवि

Transliteration

tāḍitasyātha gadayā dharmaputrasya nārada netrābhyāmapatad vāri vahnivarṣanibhaṃ bhuvi

Translation

اے نارَد، جب دھرم پُتر کو گدا سے ضرب لگی تو اس کی آنکھوں سے پانی زمین پر گرا، جو آگ کی بارش کے مانند دکھائی دیتا تھا۔

Word by Word

• tāḍitasya: of the struck one
• tāḍitasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √taḍ + kta (धातु-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; (धर्मपुत्रस्य इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• atha: then
• atha: Kriyā-sambandha (क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• gadayā: with a mace
• gadayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/inst.), एकवचन

• dharma-putrasya: of Dharma’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• dharma-putrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: धर्मस्य पुत्रः (युधिष्ठिरः)

• nārada: O Nārada
• nārada: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन (voc. sg.)

• netrābhyām: from the two eyes
• netrābhyām: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, द्विवचन (dual); ‘from/with the two eyes’ (instrumental/ablatival sense in context)

• apatat: fell down
• apatat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-√pat (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; अप-उपसर्गः

• vāri: water, tears
• vāri: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vahni-varṣa-nibham: like a rain of fire
• vahni-varṣa-nibham: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vahni + varṣa + nibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (वारि इत्यस्य विशेषणम्); तत्पुरुषः: वह्निवर्षस्य निभम् (like a rain of fire)

• bhuvi: on the ground
• bhuvi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speakers

• Likely Pulastya narrating to Nārada (dialogue framework typical of the Vāmana Purāṇa; not explicit in verse)

Primary Deities

• Dharmarāja/Yama (implied by 'dharmaputra')

Key Themes

• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Divine valor
• Poetic simile (tears as fire-rain)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even dharma-personified figures endure injury in cosmic conflict; the imagery stresses the gravity of adharma’s assault and the steadfastness required to uphold order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita / narrative of divine and daitya lineages in conflict (it is episodic heroic narration rather than sarga/pratisarga cosmology).

What is the symbolic significance?

Tears likened to a ‘rain of fire’ invert expectations: compassion/suffering becomes a forceful cosmic sign, highlighting the intensity of the battle and the moral heat of the confrontation.