Varaha Purana 33.7: Adhyaya 33, Shloka 7

The Origin of Rudra, the Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, and the Establishment of Paśupati

Devanagari script

सुस्राव यज्ञं सुरसिद्धयक्षानुपागतान् क्रोधवशं जगाम । मन्युं प्रदीप्तं परिभाव्य केन सृष्टं जगन्मां व्यतिरिच्य मोहात् ॥ ३३.७ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 33.7

Transliteration

susrāva yajñaṃ surasiddhayakṣānupāgatān krodhavaśaṃ jagāma | manyuṃ pradīptaṃ paribhāvya kena sṛṣṭaṃ jaganmāṃ vyatiricya mohāt || 33.7 ||

Translation

Das yajña strömte hervor; Devas, Siddhas und Yakṣas traten heran. Doch (er/es) geriet unter die Gewalt des Zorns. Indem man jenen lodernden Grimm bedenkt, fragt man: „Von wem wurde diese Welt erschaffen, mich ausgenommen—aus Verblendung?“

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Word by Word

• susrāva: flowed forth/poured out
• susrāva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sru (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• yajñam: the sacrifice
• yajñam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• sura-siddha-yakṣān: gods, siddhas, and yakṣas
• sura-siddha-yakṣān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + siddha + yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: surāḥ ca siddhāḥ ca yakṣāḥ ca

• upāgatān: arrived/approached
• upāgatān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa + gam (धातु) + क्त (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• krodha-vaśam: under the sway of anger
• krodha-vaśam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krodha + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial compound (अव्ययीभाव), accusative-form used adverbially

• jagāma: went/entered (a state)
• jagāma: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• manyum: wrath/anger
• manyum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• pradīptam: blazing/ignited
• pradīptam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + dīp (धातु) + क्त (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• paribhāvya: having reflected/considered
• paribhāvya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + bhū (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive/gerund (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त), indeclinable (अव्ययभाव)

• kena: by whom/with what
• kena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• sṛṣṭam: created
• sṛṣṭam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sṛj (धातु) + क्त (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: First person pronoun (उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vyatiricya: having excluded/excepting
• vyatiricya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + ati + ric (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive/gerund (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त), indeclinable (अव्ययभाव)

• mohāt: from delusion
• mohāt: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: moha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Puranic Cosmology
• Ethical Psychology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative pattern: ritual order (yajña) and celestial attendance juxtaposed with the disruptive force of anger (krodha/manyu), illustrating how psychological states are treated as historically meaningful drivers within epic-Purāṇic storytelling.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic place-name appears in this verse; it is framed around ritual assembly and an inquiry into creation and delusion rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds anger as a force that can overtake even a context of ritual order, inviting reflective scrutiny of manyu (wrath) and moha (delusion) as destabilizing conditions that cloud discernment.