Varaha Purana 3.10: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 10

Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa

Devanagari script

प्रियव्रत उवाच । कीदृशं ब्रह्मपारं तु श्रोतुमिच्छामि सत्तम । कथयस्व प्रसादेन देवर्षे सुप्रसन्नधीः ॥ ३.१० ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 3.10

Transliteration

priyavrata uvāca | kīdṛśaṃ brahmapāraṃ tu śrotum icchāmi sattama | kathayasva prasādena devarṣe suprasannadhīḥ || 3.10 ||

Translation

Priyavrata sprach: „O Bester der Tugendhaften, ich wünsche von jenem ‘jenseitigen Ufer’ (dem höchsten Sinn) des Brahman zu hören. O göttlicher Rishi, erkläre es mir aus Gnade, mit völlig beruhigtem Geist.“

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Word by Word

• प्रियव्रतः: Priyavrata
• प्रियव्रतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; वक्ता

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

• कीदृशम्: what kind of
• कीदृशम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘what kind of’ (qualifying ब्रह्मपारम्)

• ब्रह्मपारम्: the transcendence/supreme beyond Brahman
• ब्रह्मपारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + पार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (ब्रह्मणः पारम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• श्रोतुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to hear’

• इच्छामि: I desire
• इच्छामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सत्तम: O best one
• सत्तम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘O best of the good’

• कथयस्व: tell (me)
• कथयस्व: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसादेन: by (your) grace
• प्रसादेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘by grace’

• देवर्षे: O divine sage
• देवर्षे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (देवानां ऋषिः/देवः ऋषिः); पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुप्रसन्नधीः: O one of very serene intellect
• सुप्रसन्नधीः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + प्रसन्न + धी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास (सु-प्रसन्ना धीः यस्य); पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, एकवचन; here vocative addressing devarṣi

Speaker

Priyavrata

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Sanskrit Philology
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a standard Purāṇic instructional setting: a named interlocutor formally requests teaching from a recognized sage, framing the transmission of philosophical material within a dialogic and didactic genre.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily philosophical and dialogic rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse models disciplined inquiry and respectful discourse: the student requests instruction humbly, while the teacher is characterized as possessing a calm, clear intellect—an ethical ideal for knowledge transmission.