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Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 46

Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology

Devanagari script

तमुपेत्य महातेजा मित्रावरुमसंभवः प्रोवाच बुद्धिमान् ब्रह्मन् वसिष्ठस्तपतां वरः

Transliteration

tamupetya mahātejā mitrāvarumasaṃbhavaḥ provāca buddhimān brahman vasiṣṭhastapatāṃ varaḥ

Translation

随后，光辉炽盛的婆悉吒——由密多罗与伐楼那所生，具大智慧，婆罗门啊，为苦行者之最胜——走近他而开口说道。

Word by Word

तम्him

उपेत्यhaving approached

महातेजाःof great splendor

मित्रावरुण-सम्भवःborn of Mitra and Varuṇa

प्रोवाचsaid / spoke

बुद्धिमान्wise

ब्रह्मन्O Brahman (priest/sage)

वसिष्ठःVasiṣṭha

तपताम्of ascetics

वरःthe best

Speakers

Narrator describing Vasiṣṭha’s approach; Vasiṣṭha is about to address the Daitya (or the immediate challenger).

Primary Deities

MitraVaruṇa

Key Themes

Authority of ṛṣis in conflict mediationTapas and tejas as moral powerVedic lineage and legitimacy (Mitra–Varuṇa birth)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Why is Vasiṣṭha’s birth from Mitra and Varuṇa emphasized?

It signals Vedic legitimacy and ritual authority. Mitra and Varuṇa are guardians of cosmic order and oaths; linking Vasiṣṭha to them frames his counsel as aligned with dharma and ṛta rather than mere personal opinion.

What does ‘tejas’ mean in this context?

Tejas is not only physical brilliance but spiritual potency accrued through tapas, truthfulness, and ritual mastery—power that can restrain violence and restore order without weapons.

Is ‘brahman’ here a reference to the Absolute (Brahman) or a person?

Here it functions as a respectful vocative to a revered person (a Brahmin/holy figure), not as a metaphysical reference to nirguṇa Brahman.