Varaha Purana 21.30: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 30

The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share

Devanagari script

ते दृिष्ट्वा भूतसङ्घाता विविधायुधपाणयः । ससर्ज वेदविद्याङ्गं रथं परमशोभनम् ॥ २१.३१ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 21.30

Transliteration

te dṛṣṭvā bhūtasaṅghātā vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ | sasarja vedavidyāṅgaṃ rathaṃ paramaśobhanam || 21.31 ||

Translation

Als er die versammelten Scharen der Wesen sah, die Waffen vieler Arten in den Händen trugen, erschuf er einen überaus herrlichen Wagen, ausgestattet mit vedischem Wissen und seinen Hilfsdisziplinen.

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Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having seen’

• भूत-सङ्घाताः: hosts of beings
• भूत-सङ्घाताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅghāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• विविध-आयुध-पाणयः: having hands with various weapons
• विविध-आयुध-पाणयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक) + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); bahuvrīhi: ‘those whose hands have various weapons’

• ससर्ज: created / produced
• ससर्ज: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ (लङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• वेद-विद्या-अङ्गम्: having the Vedas and sciences as its limbs
• वेद-विद्या-अङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying ‘rathaṃ’

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• परम-शोभनम्: supremely splendid
• परम-शोभनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying ‘rathaṃ’

Speaker

Varāha (default, per dialogue framework in absence of explicit speaker marker)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique in which martial or cosmic confrontation is framed alongside ideals of learned authority, here expressed through the motif of a chariot characterized by Vedic knowledge and its auxiliaries.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily narrative and descriptive rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse implicitly associates effective action with disciplined knowledge—symbolizing that power or preparedness is ideally grounded in learning (Veda and Vedāṅga) rather than mere force.