Vamana Purana — Chanda & Munda Discover Katyayani, Shloka 18

Chanda and Munda Discover Katyayani; Mahishasura’s Proposal and the Vishnu-Panjara Protection

Devanagari script

प्रागेव पुंसस्तु शुभाशुभानि स्थाने विधात्रा प्रतिपादितानि यस्मिन् यथायानि यतो ऽथविप्र स नीयते वा व्रजति स्वयं वा

Transliteration

prāgeva puṃsastu śubhāśubhāni sthāne vidhātrā pratipāditāni yasmin yathāyāni yato 'thavipra sa nīyate vā vrajati svayaṃ vā

Translation

Quả thật, các quả báo lành và dữ của con người đã được Đấng Tạo Hóa an bài từ trước, đặt vào đúng chỗ. Vì vậy, hỡi brāhmaṇa, từ nơi nào và theo cách nào các quả ấy phải xảy đến, người ấy sẽ được dẫn đến đó—hoặc tự mình đi đến đó.

Word by Word

• प्राक्: before/previously
• प्राक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphasis)

• पुंसः: of a man/person
• पुंसः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुम्स्/पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/एकवचन (Genitive Singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेष (adversative/emphatic particle)

• शुभाशुभानि: good and bad (things)
• शुभाशुभानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ-अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/बहुवचन (Nominative Plural)

• स्थाने: in (their) proper place/at the right time
• स्थाने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/एकवचन (Locative Singular)

• विधात्रा: by the Creator
• विधात्रा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया/एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)

• प्रतिपादितानि: set forth/assigned
• प्रतिपादितानि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति-√पद् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/एकवचन (Locative Singular)

• यथायानि: as they have come/according to their course
• यथायानि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा-आय (प्रातिपदिक; PPP from आ-√या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/बहुवचन; विशेषण (Nominative Plural)

• यतः: from which/therefore
• यतः: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतु/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (relative adverb: from where/therefore)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर (sequencing particle)

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa/sage
• विप्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/एकवचन (Vocative Singular)

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

• नीयते: is led
• नीयते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प (disjunctive particle)

• व्रजति: goes
• व्रजति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वयम्: by himself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प (disjunctive particle)

Speakers

• Narrative voice addressing a brāhmaṇa (‘vipra’) within the story-frame (likely Pulastya–Nārada frame
• though not explicit in input)

Primary Deities

• Vidhātṛ (Creator/Providence; often identified with Brahmā)

Key Themes

• Karma and Fate
• Providence (Daiva)
• Ethics
• Narrative foreshadowing

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse teaches that outcomes (pleasant or painful) manifest according to an ordained moral order; even when one ‘chooses’ to go somewhere, that choice often aligns with deeper karmic momentum—hence humility and responsibility are both implied.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa?

It functions as dharma/karma-interpretive narration within Vaṃśānucarita/Carita storytelling—an explanatory maxim (nyāya-style) embedded in the historical/legendary account.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Being led’ versus ‘going oneself’ collapses the dichotomy between fate and free will: providence operates both externally (circumstance) and internally (impulse), preparing the reader to interpret the asura’s next actions as karmically compelled.