Varaha Purana 20.4: Adhyaya 20, Shloka 4

The Birth of the Aśvins: Solar Lineage, Saṃjñā and Chāyā, and the Granting of a Hymn and Boons

Devanagari script

तस्य पुत्रा बभूवुर्हि आदित्या द्वादश प्रभो । आदित्यपत्यानि ते सर्वे आदित्यास्तेन कीर्तिताः ॥ २०.४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 20.4

Transliteration

tasya putrā babhūvur hi ādityā dvādaśa prabho | ādityapatyāni te sarve ādityās tena kīrtitāḥ || 20.4 ||

Translation

Wahrlich, o Herr, er hatte zwölf Söhne — die Ādityas. Daher werden all jene Nachkommen als Ādityas gerühmt.

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (pronoun)

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)

• बभूवुः: became/were
• बभूवुः: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• आदित्याः: Ādityas
• आदित्याः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; apposition to पुत्राः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (numeral adjective), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with plural sense)

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular)

• आदित्य-पत्यानि: offspring/children of Āditya(s)
• आदित्य-पत्यानि: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; of implied 'are')
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य + पत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of the Ādityas'/'of Āditya'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ते: they/those
• ते: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• आदित्याः: Ādityas
• आदित्याः: कर्ता (Karta/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तेन: by that/therefore
• तेन: करण (Karana/Instrument; 'by that/therefore')
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• कीर्तिताः: are called/are proclaimed
• कीर्तिताः: क्रिया (Predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तित (कृदन्त; √कीर्त्/कीर्तय् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Varāha (instructor; default attribution within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Genealogies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Indic Cosmology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic method of organizing cosmology through genealogies, particularly the standardized motif of the twelve Ādityas, which also appears across related Sanskrit textual traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a genealogical-cosmological statement about the Āditya lineage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated here; the verse functions as a classificatory definition that preserves cultural memory by formally naming and enumerating a cosmological group.