Shloka 34
Adhyaya 53 — The Great Flood
Sanskrit
हरिवर्षस्तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थो 'भूदिलावृतः ।
वश्यश्च पञ्चमः पुत्रो हिरण्यः षष्ठ उच्यते ॥
Transliteration
harivarṣas tṛtīyas tu caturtho 'bhūd ilāvṛtaḥ /
vaśyaś ca pañcamaḥ putro hiraṇyaḥ ṣaṣṭha ucyate
Translation
Der dritte (Sohn) war Harivarṣa; der vierte war Ilāvṛta. Vaśya war der fünfte Sohn; Hiraṇya gilt als der sechste.
Word by Word
hari-varṣaḥHarivarṣa (name)
hari-varṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नामधेय)
tṛtīyaḥthe third
tṛtīyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ordinal (क्रमवाचक)
tubut/and indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात; विरोध/विशेषार्थक)
caturthaḥthe fourth
caturthaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootcaturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ordinal (क्रमवाचक)
abhūtwas/became
abhūt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormAorist (लुङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
ilā-vṛtaḥIlāvṛta (name)
ilā-vṛtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootilā (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛta (कृदन्त प्रातिपदिक; √vṛ (धातु) + kta)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नामधेय; 'enclosed by Ilā/Ilā-region')
vaśyaḥVaśya (name)
vaśyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvaśya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
pañcamaḥthe fifth
pañcamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ordinal (क्रमवाचक)
putraḥson
putraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
hiraṇyaḥHiraṇya (name)
hiraṇyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothiraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
ṣaṣṭhaḥthe sixth
ṣaṣṭhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ordinal (क्रमवाचक)
ucyateis called/said
ucyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); passive sense—'is called'
Speakers
Narrative voice (frame-speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Key Themes
GenealogyPurāṇic geographyEponymous regions
FAQs
Purāṇic lists function as memory-architecture: geography is anchored in lineage, suggesting that land and culture are stewarded through generational continuity.
‘Vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita’ expressed through naming of regions (a ‘Sthāna’ overlay).
Ilāvṛta’s centrality in Purāṇic cosmography can symbolize the ‘axis’ of consciousness; surrounding varṣas represent differentiated fields of experience.