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Varaha Purana 2.29: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 29

Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative

पश्वादयस्ते विख्याता उत्पथग्राहिणस्तु ते। तमप्यसाधकं मत्वा तिर्यक्स्रोतं चतुर्मुखः॥ २.२९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 2.29

paśvādayas te vikhyātā utpathagrāhiṇas tu te | tam apy asādhakaṃ matvā tiryaksrotaṃ caturmukhaḥ || 2.29 ||

وأما الذين يبتدئون بالحيوانات فمشهورون؛ إنهم حقّاً من يسلكون السبل المنحرفة. وإذ عدَّ تلك الحال غير مُعينة على التحقيق، صنّف ذو الوجوه الأربعة (براهما) ذلك ضمن «تِرياك-سروتَس» (tiryak-srotas)، أي ذوي الجريان الأفقي.

पशु-आदयःanimals and others
पशु-आदयः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootपशु + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘पशवः आदयः’ = animals etc.
तेthey
ते:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (nom pl)
विख्याताःare well-known
विख्याताः:
क्रिया (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + ख्या (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि/भावे: ‘are renowned/known’
उत्पथ-ग्राहिणःtaking the wrong path
उत्पथ-ग्राहिणः:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्पथ + ग्राहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘उत्पथं गृह्णन्ति’ (taking wrong path)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Contrast)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
तेthey
ते:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (nom pl)
तम्that (one/category)
तम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (acc sg)
अपिalso/even
अपि:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Addition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (also/even)
असाधकम्ineffective; not accomplishing (good)
असाधकम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ + साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘तम्’ (acc sg)
मत्वाhaving considered
मत्वा:
पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having considered’
तिर्यक्स्रोतम्the sideways-stream (creation)
तिर्यक्स्रोतम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतिर्यक् + स्रोतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (acc sg)
चतुर्मुखःthe four-faced one (Brahmā)
चतुर्मुखः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर् + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘चत्वारि मुखानि यस्य’ (one who has four faces)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Cosmology
S
Sanskrit Philology
I
Indic Taxonomies

FAQs

It preserves a Purāṇic-era classificatory vocabulary (e.g., tiryak-srotas) used to systematize living beings within broader cosmological and philosophical frameworks attributed to Brahmā.

No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is ontological classification rather than sacred geography.

The verse frames ‘deviating paths’ (utpatha) as non-conducive to accomplishment (asādhaka), presenting an ethical-philosophical preference for disciplined or right-directed conduct.

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