Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 11

Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas

Devanagari script

जया मृतां सतीं दृष्ट्वा क्रोधशोकपरिप्लुता मुञ्चती वारि नेत्राभ्यां सस्वरं विललाप ह

Transliteration

jayā mṛtāṃ satīṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhaśokapariplutā muñcatī vāri netrābhyāṃ sasvaraṃ vilalāpa ha

Translation

Thấy người phụ nữ đức hạnh ấy đã chết, Jaya tràn ngập phẫn nộ và sầu bi, tuôn lệ từ đôi mắt và than khóc thành tiếng.

Word by Word

• jayā: Jayā
• jayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mṛtām: dead
• mṛtām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √mṛ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of satīm

• satīm: Satī
• satīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• krodha-śoka-pariplutā: overwhelmed by anger and grief
• krodha-śoka-pariplutā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + paripluta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √plu + pari-)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (krodhaśokābhyāṃ pariplutā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of jayā

• muñcatī: shedding/letting fall
• muñcatī: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘while releasing’

• vāri: water (tears)
• vāri: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• netrābhyām: with (her) two eyes
• netrābhyām: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• sa-svaram: aloud / with voice
• sa-svaram: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + svara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (svarena saha), अव्यय; adverbial

• vilalāpa: lamented
• vilalāpa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lap (धातु) + vi- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ha: indeed
• ha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/expletive particle)

Speakers

• Pulastya narrating; the lamenter is an unnamed female figure in this verse alone (identity requires surrounding verses)

Key Themes

• Grief and Lament (Śoka)
• Consequences of Anger (Krodha)
• Narrative Frame (Rishi dialogue)
• Human Emotion in Dharmic Literature

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse shows the chain reaction of ungoverned anger: it culminates in loss and then expands into communal grief. Puranic ethics often treat emotional discipline as necessary for sustaining dharma and social harmony.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita / narrative episode: an affective, moralized scene within the broader puranic storytelling framework.

What is the symbolic significance?

Tears (‘vāri’) and loud lament mark the passage from inner disturbance (krodha) to outward disorder, a common puranic signal that adharma has breached composure and that further consequences (curses, boons, or corrective rites) may follow.