Varaha Purana 46.6: Adhyaya 46, Shloka 6

The Rite of the Āṣāḍha Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Fast and the Installation (Nyāsa) of the Fourfold Manifestation

Devanagari script

वसुदेवोऽभवद् राजा यदुवंशविवर्धनः । देवकी तस्य भार्या तु समानव्रतधारिणी ॥ ४६.६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 46.6

Transliteration

vasudevo 'bhavad rājā yaduvaṁśa-vivardhanaḥ | devakī tasya bhāryā tu samāna-vrata-dhāriṇī || 46.6 ||

Translation

صار فاسوديفا ملكًا، مُنمّيًا لسلالة يادو. وكانت ديفكي زوجته، امرأةً تحمل انضباطًا ونذرًا مماثلًا (مشتركًا).

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Word by Word

• vasudevaḥ: Vasudeva
• vasudevaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• abhavat: was/became
• abhavat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• rājā: king
• rājā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेष्य-सम्बन्धे (apposition to Vasudeva)

• yadu-vaṃśa-vivardhanaḥ: increaser of the Yadu lineage
• yadu-vaṃśa-vivardhanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yadu (प्रातिपदिक) + vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vivardhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (yadu-vaṃśasya vivardhanaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; राज्ञः/वसुदेवस्य विशेषणम्

• devakī: Devakī
• devakī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devakī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasya: his
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधानसूचक

• samāna-vrata-dhāriṇī: observing the same vow
• samāna-vrata-dhāriṇī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāna (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + dhāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (‘bearing the same vow’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देवक्याः विशेषणम्

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Genealogies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic genealogical notice linking Vasudeva with the Yadu lineage, reflecting how Purāṇas organize cultural memory through dynastic frameworks rather than modern historiography.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is explicitly named in this verse; it is primarily genealogical and biographical in focus.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse implicitly foregrounds shared discipline (vrata) through the description of Devakī as a vow-observer, presenting ethical steadiness and mutual observance as valued traits within household life.