Varaha Purana 129.44: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 44

Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel

Devanagari script

मुञ्च मुञ्च प्रभो चक्रमपि वह्निसमप्रभम् ॥ आत्मा मे नीयतां शीघ्रं निकृत्त्याङ्गानि सर्वशः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 129.44

Transliteration

muñca muñca prabho cakram api vahni-sama-prabham || ātmā me nīyatāṃ śīghraṃ nikṛtyāṅgāni sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

„Löse, löse, o Herr, den Diskus, strahlend wie Feuer. Lass mein Selbst schnell fortgetragen werden, nachdem die Glieder gänzlich abgetrennt sind.“

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Word by Word

• मुञ्च: release / let go
• मुञ्च: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मुञ्च: release (again)
• मुञ्च: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (पुनरुक्ति—आग्रहः)

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• चक्रम्: discus (chakra)
• चक्रम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: वाक्यसम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• वह्नि-सम-प्रभम्: having fire-like radiance
• वह्नि-सम-प्रभम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of चक्रम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (उपमान-तत्पुरुषः) — ‘वह्निना समा प्रभा यस्य’

• आत्मा: the self / soul
• आत्मा: कर्म (Karma/Object, of नीयताम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (enclitic)

• नीयताम्: let (it) be led / taken
• नीयताम्: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावे)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• निकृत्य: having cut off
• निकृत्य: पूर्वकालक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-कृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• अङ्गानि: limbs
• अङ्गानि: कर्म (Karma/Object, of निकृत्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सर्वशः: completely / in all ways
• सर्वशः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (in every way/entirely)

Speaker

Devotee/subject of the narrative (speaker not explicit; within Varāha framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Motifs of Self-Sacrifice

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a dramatic rhetorical form of petition found in Purāṇic narratives, illustrating how devotion is expressed through heightened, formulaic speech.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is indicated.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage emphasizes intensity of resolve; however, as literature, it is best read as a narrative motif of total surrender rather than a prescriptive act.