Varaha Purana 70.3: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 3

Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines

Devanagari script

एवं सञ्चिन्त्य राजेन्द्र मया विष्णुः सनातनः । आराधितो वर्षशतं क्रतुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः ॥ ७०.३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 70.3

Transliteration

evaṁ sañcintya rājendra mayā viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ | ārādhito varṣaśataṁ kratubhir bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ || 70.3 ||

Translation

So erwog ich es, o Bester der Könige, und verehrte Viṣṇu, den Ewigen, hundert Jahre lang durch Opferhandlungen (kratu) mit reichlichen Gaben (dakṣiṇā).

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• सञ्चिन्त्य: having thought
• सञ्चिन्त्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्√चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having reflected’

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘king of kings’); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सनातनः: eternal
• सनातनः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विष्णुः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• आराधितः: was worshipped
• आराधितः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√राध् (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• वर्षशतम्: for a hundred years
• वर्षशतम्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण/Time extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numerical compound: ‘hundred years’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• क्रतुभिः: with sacrifices
• क्रतुभिः: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भूरिदक्षिणैः: with abundant gifts (as sacrificial fees)
• भूरिदक्षिणैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि + दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘abundant’ + ‘fees/gifts’); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘क्रतुभिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma-śāstra Contexts

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic presentation of long-term ritual devotion (extended over “a hundred years”) and the cultural institution of dakṣiṇā, a key feature of South Asian sacrificial economy and patronage.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is framed as a royal address (“rājendra”) and a statement of ritual practice.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes sustained discipline in practice and the ethic of generous giving (abundant dakṣiṇā) alongside ritual action, presented as integral to devotional and social responsibility.