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Vamana Purana — Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas, Shloka 17

Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells

Devanagari script

सिद्धानामुदितो धर्मो योगयुक्तिरनुत्तमा स्वाध्यायं ब्रह्मविज्ञानं भक्तिर्द्वाभ्यामपि स्थिरा

Transliteration

siddhānāmudito dharmo yogayuktiranuttamā svādhyāyaṃ brahmavijñānaṃ bhaktirdvābhyāmapi sthirā

Translation

为悉达（Siddha）所宣说之法，是无上之瑜伽修持与戒律；亦包括自修诵习（svādhyāya）与对梵（Brahman）的证知；并有依此二者而坚固不移的奉爱（bhakti）。

Word by Word
सिद्धानाम्of the Siddhas
सिद्धानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of the Siddhas’
उदितःmanifested
उदितः:
विशेषण (Adjectival to धर्मः)
TypeAdjective
Rootउदित (कृदन्त; √उद्/उद् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण — ‘arisen/manifested’
धर्मःdharma, duty
धर्मः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — subject
योगयुक्तिःyogic discipline/method
योगयुक्तिः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject; appositional)
TypeNoun
Rootयोग + युक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (योगस्य युक्तिः) — ‘method/discipline of yoga’
अनुत्तमाunsurpassed
अनुत्तमा:
विशेषण (to योगयुक्तिः)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘unsurpassed’
स्वाध्यायम्self-study (Vedic recitation)
स्वाध्यायम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object; in enumeration)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वाध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — object-like listing
ब्रह्मविज्ञानम्knowledge of Brahman
ब्रह्मविज्ञानम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object; in enumeration)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् + विज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणो विज्ञानम्) — ‘knowledge of Brahman’
भक्तिःdevotion
भक्तिः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — subject
द्वाभ्याम्by/with two
द्वाभ्याम्:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वि (सर्वनाम/संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द), तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन — ‘by/with two (things)’
अपिalso/even
अपि:
सम्बन्ध (Particle/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात/समुच्चयार्थ — ‘also/even’
स्थिराsteady
स्थिरा:
विशेषण (to भक्तिः)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘steady/firm’
Speakers
Not explicit in the provided excerpt (likely within the Purāṇic frame-dialoguecommonly Pulastya → Nārada).
Key Themes
YogaJñānaSvādhyāyaBhaktiDharma
Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Siddha-life is framed as a synthesis: yogic method, scriptural self-cultivation, and brahma-realization are not opposed to devotion; rather, bhakti is ‘stable’ when supported by disciplined practice and insight. The ethical lesson is integration—knowledge and practice mature into steady devotion.

This is dharma-śikṣā (instruction on spiritual discipline) inserted into the narrative flow; it is best categorized as a didactic supplement rather than one of the five primary lakṣaṇas, though it can accompany vaṃśānucarita sections describing the nature of higher beings (Siddhas).

The verse symbolically harmonizes three classical margas—yoga (discipline), jñāna (Brahman-knowledge), and bhakti (devotion). ‘Sthirā bhakti’ suggests devotion is not mere emotion but a stabilized state arising from inner transformation.

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