Shloka 15
Devanagari script
प्राप्प वामनरूपेण प्रच्छन्न॑ ब्रह्म॒रूपिणा । बलेयथा हूतं राज्यं विक्रमैस्तच्च ते श्रुतम्
Transliteration
prāpya vāmanarūpeṇa pracchannaṁ brahmarūpiṇā | baler yathā hṛtaṁ rājyaṁ vikramais tac ca te śrutam ||
Translation
他以侏儒婆摩那之形近前，隐蔽其真实神性；以三步量度之行，夺去婆利之王权——此事你亦曾听闻。
Word by Word
प्राप्यhaving obtained / having reached
प्राप्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप् (धातु)
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
वामन-रूपेणin/with the form of a dwarf (Vāmana)
वामन-रूपेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवामनरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन
प्रच्छन्नम्hidden, disguised
प्रच्छन्नम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रच्छन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; प्र-छद्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
ब्रह्म-रूपिणाby one having the form of Brahman (a brahmin-like form)
ब्रह्म-रूपिणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
बलेःof Bali
बलेः:
TypeNoun
Rootबलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
यथाas, how
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
हृतम्was taken away / taken
हृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootहृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; हृ)
Formक्त (past passive participle), कर्मणि, नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
राज्यम्kingdom, sovereignty
राज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
विक्रमैःby (his) strides/steps, by prowess
विक्रमैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तेto you / for you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन
श्रुतम्heard, has been heard
श्रुतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; श्रु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), कर्मणि, नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VāmanaB
BaliMeter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse uses the Vāmana–Bali episode as a moral exemplar: worldly sovereignty is not absolute, and when pride or unrighteousness swells, a higher dharmic order can curtail it—sometimes through seemingly small or humble means.
Vaiśampāyana alludes to the well-known account in which Vāmana, disguised as a dwarf brāhmaṇa, approaches King Bali and, through His cosmic strides, deprives Bali of his kingdom—reminding the listener that this story is already familiar by tradition.