Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 9
Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
चतुर्दशसु लोकेषु जन्तवो ये चराचराः निमन्त्रिताः क्रतौ सर्वे किं नासि त्वं निमन्त्रिता
caturdaśasu lokeṣu jantavo ye carācarāḥ nimantritāḥ kratau sarve kiṃ nāsi tvaṃ nimantritā
于十四世界之中，一切众生——动者与不动者——皆被邀请赴此祭祀。为何唯独你未受邀请？
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The verse highlights the dharmic expectation of fairness and non-exclusion in ritual and social honor: if a rite claims cosmic scope (‘fourteen worlds’), deliberate omission becomes a moral fault that can precipitate conflict.
Primarily Vamśānucarita / narrative-ethics within an itihāsa-like episode embedded in the puranic dialogue frame (not sarga/pratisarga; no cosmogenesis here).
‘Fourteen worlds’ universalizes the yajña, making exclusion symbolically equivalent to denying cosmic order (ṛta). The tension foreshadows how wounded honor and ritual politics can generate catastrophic outcomes.