Varaha Purana 207.2: Adhyaya 207, Shloka 2

Section on the ‘Person’ who Entices Beings within the Cycle of Rebirth

Devanagari script

तथा च पृच्छतस्तस्य पुरावृत्तं महात्मनः ॥ आख्यानं कथयामास यदुक्तं चित्रभानुना ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 207.2

Transliteration

tathā ca pṛcchatas tasya purāvṛttaṃ mahātmanaḥ || ākhyānaṃ kathayāmāsa yad uktaṃ citrabhānunā

Translation

Und als man ihn befragte, erzählte er die frühere Begebenheit über jenen Großherzigen — die Erzählung, wie sie von Citrabhānu gesprochen worden war.

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Word by Word

• tathā: thus/so
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (तद्वत्/एवम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• pṛcchataḥ: of (him) who was asking
• pṛcchataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pṛcch (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ/कृत्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular (एकवचन); ‘of (him) asking’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular (एकवचन)

• purā-vṛttam: the ancient event/what happened before
• purā-vṛttam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purā (अव्यय) + vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन); अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुषसदृशः—पुरा वृत्तम् (that which happened formerly)

• mahā-ātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahā-ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः—महान् आत्मा यस्य (great-souled)

• ākhyānam: the narrative
• ākhyānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन)

• kathayāmāsa: narrated/told
• kathayāmāsa: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathaya (णिजन्त from kath/kathe?) (धातु)
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (लिट्-परस्मैपद, आम्-प्रत्यययुक्त), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष) Singular (एकवचन); causative stem kathaya-

• yat: which/that
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun

• uktam: said/spoken
• uktam: Kriya (क्रियाविशेष/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) Nominative/Accusative Singular (प्रथमा/द्वितीया); agrees with yat

• citrabhānunā: by Citrabhānu
• citrabhānunā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citrabhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Ṛṣiputra (continuing narrator; explicit only in v.1, inferred here)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Textual Transmission
• Narrative Attribution

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It shows layered narration (a story reported through multiple speakers), a hallmark of Purāṇic composition and a key feature for philological indexing.

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The verse primarily sets up authority and provenance of the narrative, preparing the reader for ethical-philosophical content to follow.