Varaha Purana 129.52: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 52

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

Devanagari script

तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि मम लोके स मोदते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 129.52

Transliteration

tāvad varṣasahasrāṇi mama loke sa modate

Translation

So viele Tausende von Jahren erfreut er sich in meiner Welt.

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Word by Word

• tāvat: for that long / so long
• tāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-आधारित)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक (measure/duration adverb)

• varṣa-sahasrāṇi: thousands of years
• varṣa-sahasrāṇi: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): ‘वर्षाणां सहस्राणि’

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• loke: in the world/realm
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• modate: rejoices / delights
• modate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mud (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Eschatology
• Vaiṣṇava Theology (descriptive)
• Ritual Fruits (phalaśruti)
• Sanskrit Text Archive

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies phalaśruti (statement of results), a widespread literary device used to encourage adherence to prescribed practices.

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial location is named; ‘my world’ functions as a theological/eschatological realm designation.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It communicates a moral economy of action—disciplined practice is presented as yielding long-term well-being in a post-mortem horizon.