Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 37

Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata

Devanagari script

अमीभिरृणपिण्डादिकथा नैवेह विद्यते नामधारका एवेह न गोत्रकुलसंमताः

Transliteration

amībhirṛṇapiṇḍādikathā naiveha vidyate nāmadhārakā eveha na gotrakulasaṃmatāḥ

Translation

就他们而言，此处并不适用关于债务、piṇḍa（祭团供品）等事的论述。在这里，他们只是名义上的称名者，并不被承认为属于收养者的gotra与kula（氏族与家族）。

Word by Word

• अमीभिः: by/with these (people)
• अमीभिः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमी (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), बहुवचन; Pronoun, Instrumental plural

• ऋणपिण्डादिकथा: talk of debt, funeral rice-ball, etc.
• ऋणपिण्डादिकथा: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण + पिण्ड + आदि + कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Compound noun, Nominative singular

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (Particle/अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: सम्बन्ध (Particle/अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• विद्यते: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; Present 3rd sg (exists)

• नामधारकाः: name-bearers; those having only a name
• नामधारकाः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामधारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• एव: only/indeed
• एव: सम्बन्ध (Particle/अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (Particle/अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• गोत्रकुलसंमताः: approved/accepted by gotra and family
• गोत्रकुलसंमताः: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोत्र + कुल + संमत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Adjectival, Nominative plural (agreeing with नामधारकाः)

Speakers

• Context implies continuation of the same dharma exposition; explicit speaker not stated in this verse alone.

Primary Deities

• Brahmā (implied in surrounding dialogue)

Key Themes

• Limits of ritual and legal affiliation
• Śrāddha/piṇḍa and lineage identity
• Distinction between nominal and full gotra-kula membership

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does it mean that ‘ṛṇa-piṇḍa’ matters do not apply to them?

It indicates restricted ritual/legal linkage: they may be treated as heirs in some sense, yet are not fully integrated into the adopter’s ancestral line for obligations like śrāddha/piṇḍa rites or certain debt/lineage duties.

How can someone be an ādāyāda yet ‘not gotra-kula-saṃmata’?

Purāṇic-dharma lists often distinguish inheritance entitlement from full agnatic lineage incorporation. One may receive support or property rights while not being treated as a full gotra member for ancestral rites and lineage identity.

Is this a universal rule across all dharma texts?

No. Different Dharmaśāstra and Purāṇic passages vary in details. This verse reflects one doctrinal position within the broader tradition, and should be read with its chapter’s internal logic and interlocutors.