Vamana Purana — Rules of Purity (Shauca), Shloka 24

Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

भृगुर्वसिष्ठः क्रतुरङ्गिराश्च मनुः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः सगौतमः रैभ्यो मरीचिश्च्यवनो ऋभुश्च कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम्

Transliteration

bhṛgurvasiṣṭhaḥ kraturaṅgirāśca manuḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ sagautamaḥ raibhyo marīciścyavano ṛbhuśca kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam

Translation

愿圣仙婆利古（Bhṛgu）、婆悉吒（Vasiṣṭha）、克罗图（Kratu）、安吉罗萨（Aṅgiras）、摩奴（Manu）、普罗拉斯提耶（Pulastya）、普罗拉诃（Pulaha）并与瞿昙（Gautama）、赖毗耶（Raibhya）、摩利支（Marīci）、遮婆那（Cyavana）、利布（Ṛbhu）等一切圣者，使我清晨吉祥。

Word by Word

• भृगुः: Bhr̥gu (sage)
• भृगुः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha (sage)
• वसिष्ठः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• क्रतुः: Kratu (sage)
• क्रतुः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अङ्गिराः: the Aṅgirasas / Aṅgirā(s)
• अङ्गिराः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (अङ्गिरसाम् प्रथमा-बहुवचनरूपम्)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुलस्त्यः: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुलहः: Pulaha
• पुलहः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सगौतमः: (with) Gautama / along with Gautama
• सगौतमः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-गौतम (प्रातिपदिक); स (सह/समेत) + गौतम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (गौतमेन सहितः)

• रैभ्यः: Raibhya
• रैभ्यः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैभ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मरीचिः: Marīci
• मरीचिः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च्यवनः: Cyavana
• च्यवनः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ऋभुः: R̥bhu
• ऋभुः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• कुर्वन्तु: may (they) do / make
• कुर्वन्तु: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/विधिलिङ्-आदेशार्थे), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्व-शब्दः (pronoun-like adjective used substantively)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सुप्रभातम्: a good morning / auspicious dawn
• सुप्रभातम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक); सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + प्रभात
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सु + प्रभातम् = very good morning)

Speakers

• Within the Suprabhāta-stotra introduced by the sages; the verse itself invokes ancient ṛṣis.

Primary Deities

• Ṛṣis (Bhṛgu, Vasiṣṭha, Kratu, Aṅgiras, Manu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Gautama, Raibhya, Marīci, Cyavana, Ṛbhu)

Key Themes

• Ṛṣi authority and lineage
• Benediction (maṅgala)
• Continuity of Vedic tradition (smṛti/śruti culture)
• Protective invocation

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Invoking ṛṣis stresses that auspiciousness is grounded in dharma preserved by realized seers. Ethically, it recommends beginning one’s day aligned with tradition, restraint, and wisdom rather than impulse.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

The presence of Manu and primordial seers touches the ambience of manvantara/vamśa discourse, but the verse is functionally a devotional benediction, not a genealogical or cosmogenic exposition.

What is the symbolic significance?

The ṛṣis represent the ‘transmission channel’ of sacred knowledge. Their collective blessing symbolizes that the day becomes ‘su-prabhāta’ when one stands within the flow of revealed insight (ṛṣi-prasāda) that links human life to cosmic order.