Vamana Purana — Ritadhvaja Aids Galava, Shloka 23
Ritadhvaja’s Aid to Galava and Andhaka’s Infatuation with Gauri
स मे बन्धुः स सचिवः स भ्राता साम्परायिकः यो मामसितकेशां तां योजयेन् मृगलोचनाम्
sa me bandhuḥ sa sacivaḥ sa bhrātā sāmparāyikaḥ yo māmasitakeśāṃ tāṃ yojayen mṛgalocanām
“Ai có thể kết hợp ta với người nữ tóc đen, mắt như nai ấy, người ấy là thân tộc của ta, là đại thần của ta, là huynh đệ của ta cho đời sau.”
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FAQs
The phrase elevates the promised loyalty beyond temporary politics: the speaker claims that the one who accomplishes this union earns a bond that persists into the next world. In Purāṇic idiom, ‘sāmparāyika’ often marks actions with karmic and reputational consequences beyond a single lifetime.
It compresses three spheres of obligation—family, governance, and intimate trust—into one criterion: effective assistance. The verse rhetorically reassigns social categories based on performance of duty (or desire), a common narrative device in Purāṇas to show how attachment can reorder values.
Yoja-/yojay- is semantically broad (‘join, connect, unite’). In such contexts it can range from arranging access or reconciliation to formal union; the surrounding narrative (not included here) determines whether it is marital, romantic reunion, or rescue/return.