Varaha Purana 113.50: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 50

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

ध्येयाधेयं जगत्सर्वं यच्च किंचित् प्रवर्तते ॥ सप्तानामपि लोकानां त्वं नाथस्त्वमसंग्रहः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 113.50

Transliteration

dheyādheyaṃ jagatsarvaṃ yac ca kiṃcit pravartate || saptānām api lokānāṃ tvaṃ nāthas tvam asaṃgrahaḥ ||

Translation

Du bist zugleich das Ziel der Betrachtung und der Grund alles Betrachtbaren: dieses ganze Weltall und alles, was auf irgendeine Weise in Tätigkeit tritt. Für die sieben Welten bist Du der Herr; Du bist unangehaftet und ohne Besitzanspruch.

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Word by Word

• ध्येय-अधेयम्: the to-be-meditated and the not-to-be-meditated
• ध्येय-अधेयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्येय (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + अधेय (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (copulative)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) जगत्-शब्दस्य

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• किंचित्: anything, something
• किंचित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; अनिश्चितपरिमाणवाचक (indefinite)

• प्रवर्तते: proceeds, occurs, functions
• प्रवर्तते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सप्तानाम्: of seven
• सप्तानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective) लोकानाम्

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थ (also/even)

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds
• लोकानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नाथः: lord, protector
• नाथः: Pradhana-kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण/प्रेडिकेट)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• असंग्रहः: non-attachment / non-accumulation
• असंग्रहः: Pradhana-kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण/प्रेडिकेट)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-संग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष/उपसर्गपूर्वक नकारार्थ (negated)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default, hymn-voice addressing Varāha/Viṣṇu in dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Hymnody

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic hymnic style where a deity is praised as both transcendent (unattached) and immanent (supporting all cosmic activity), a key feature of medieval Sanskrit devotional literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the reference is cosmological (the seven worlds).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse highlights the ideal of asaṃgraha—non-accumulation or non-appropriation—as a philosophical virtue associated with divine sovereignty and detachment.