Shloka 8

दुर्वासाशापः, क्षीरसागरमन्थनम्, श्रीः (लक्ष्मी) उद्भवः तथा श्रीस्तुतिः

Devanagari script

ताम् आत्मनः स शिरसः स्रजम् उन्मत्तषट्पदाम् आदायामरराजाय चिक्षेपोन्मत्तवन् मुनिः

Transliteration

tām ātmanaḥ sa śirasaḥ srajam unmattaṣaṭpadām ādāyāmararājāya cikṣeponmattavan muniḥ

Translation

于是那牟尼如同神狂之人，从自己头上取下蜂群狂舞的花鬘，掷向不死者之王。

Word by Word

• tām: that (garland)
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ātmanaḥ: of himself
• ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• sa: he
• sa: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śirasaḥ: from (his) head
• śirasaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान) (as ‘from the head’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive ‘of (his) head’

• srajam: the garland
• srajam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sraj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• unmattaṣaṭpadām: (garland) with frenzied bees
• unmattaṣaṭpadām: Karma (Object/कर्म) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: unmatta + ṣaṭpada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘frenzied bees’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; agrees with srajam

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-dā (धातु) → ādāya (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययभाव-क्त्वान्त (gerund), ‘having taken’

• amararājāya: to the king of the gods
• amararājāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amara + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘king of the immortals’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• cikṣepa: threw
• cikṣepa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣip (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• unmattavat: like a madman
• unmattavat: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: unmatta + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमानवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण) ‘like a madman’

• muniḥ: the sage
• muniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Apparent madness can function as a deliberate ascetic strategy to confront pride and expose fragile sovereignty.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: When power or status dominates a situation, respond with principled fearlessness rather than flattery; examine pride in oneself.

Vishishtadvaita: Even the deva-king’s authority is contingent; all lordship is subordinate to the Supreme, and dharma ultimately judges pride (ahaṅkāra).

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Amararāja)
• Sage (Muni)

FAQs

What is the significance of the garland with maddened bees in the Vishnu Purana?

It functions as a potent omen-symbol: a living, buzzing garland suggests charged spiritual power and the unsettling force by which authority can be affirmed, transferred, or challenged in the celestial order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain acts that appear violent or ‘mad’ in divine narratives?

Within the Purāṇic frame, such actions often signal possession by intense tapas or divine impetus, where outward frenzy masks an inner inevitability tied to maintaining or correcting cosmic hierarchy.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Indra and sages dominate the scene, the Vishnu Purana treats all sovereignty as ultimately contingent—celestial kingship and its signs operate under the higher order rooted in Vishnu as the Supreme ground of governance and dharma.