Varaha Purana 139.71: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 71

The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance

with a Truth-Vow Exemplum

Devanagari script

उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं श्वपाकं संहितव्रतम्॥ यत्त्वया गीयते रात्रौ विष्णोर्जागरणं प्रति॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 139.71

Transliteration

uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ śvapākaṃ saṃhitavratam || yat tvayā gīyate rātrau viṣṇor jāgaraṇaṃ prati ||

Translation

Er sprach sanft zum śvapāka, der ein gezügeltes Gelübde hält: „Was du nachts singst, gerichtet auf die Nachtwache für Viṣṇu…“

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Word by Word

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मधुरम्: sweet
• मधुरम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (वाक्यम्)

• वाक्यम्: speech
• वाक्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्वपाकम्: to the śvapāka
• श्वपाकम्: कर्म/सम्प्रदान (addressed person as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वपाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• संहितव्रतम्: one of well-observed vow
• संहितव्रतम्: विशेषण (of श्वपाकम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहित + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (संहितं व्रतं यस्य/संहितव्रतः—here accusative agreeing with श्वपाकम्)

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: कर्म (object of गीयते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (relative pronoun)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: करण (Instrument/कर्ता-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• गीयते: is sung
• गीयते: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: अधिकरण (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• जागरणम्: wakefulness, vigil
• जागरणम्: कर्म (object with प्रति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards, for
• प्रति: सम्बन्ध (direction/purpose marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preposition-like; governs accusative)

Speaker

Brahmarākṣasa

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ritual Observance
• Purāṇic Dialogue

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It attests to jāgaraṇa (night-vigil) as a recognizable devotional observance, indicating the spread of performative bhakti practices in Purāṇic textual milieus.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic marker appears; the verse focuses on the devotional act (rātrau gīyate).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Disciplined observance (vrata) and devotional wakefulness are treated as meaningful practices that generate merit.