Varaha Purana 71.62: Adhyaya 71, Shloka 62

Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account

Pūrva Bhāga · Dialogic Narrative (Rudra–related discourse; sage Gautama episode)

Devanagari script

रुद्र उवाच । एवं मया ब्रह्मसुताः प्रोक्ता जग्मुर्यथागतम् । गौतमोऽपि स्वकं गेहं जगामाशु परंतपः ॥ ७१.६२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 71.62

Transliteration

rudra uvāca | evaṃ mayā brahmasutāḥ proktā jagmur yathāgatam | gautamo 'pi svakaṃ gehaṃ jagāmāśu paraṃtapaḥ || 71.62 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Rudra sprach: „So zogen die Söhne Brahmās, von mir unterwiesen, fort und kehrten zurück, wie sie gekommen waren. Auch Gautama ging eilends in seine eigene Wohnstatt, o Bezwinger der Feinde.“

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Word by Word

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• Type: Noun
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
• Role: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद
• Role: क्रिया (Verb action/क्रिया)
• Root: वच् (धातु)

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)
• Role: क्रिया-विशेषण (manner adjunct)
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• मया: by me
• Type: Noun
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular); उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम
• Role: करण/कर्ता-निर्देश (Agent expressed by instrumental)
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्म-सुताः: sons of Brahmā
• Type: Noun
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ब्रह्मणः सुताः)
• Role: कर्म (Object/कर्म; with passive participle)
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक) (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रोक्ताः: addressed / spoken to
• Type: Adjective
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
• Role: कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier in passive)
• Root: प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; from √वच् with प्र-)

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद
• Role: क्रिया (Verb action/क्रिया)
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• यथा-आगतम्: as they had come / back the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial compound), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) एकवचन (Singular) अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण
• Role: क्रिया-विशेषण (manner adjunct)
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; from √गम् with आ-) (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• गौतमः: Gautama
• Type: Noun
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
• Role: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (particle: also)
• Role: सम्बन्ध (particle)
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• स्वकम्: his own
• Type: Adjective
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
• Role: कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)

• गेहम्: house
• Type: Noun
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
• Role: कर्म (Object/कर्म; goal)
• Root: गेह (प्रातिपदिक)

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद
• Role: क्रिया (Verb action/क्रिया)
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)
• Role: क्रिया-विशेषण (manner adjunct)
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)

• परंतपः: the foe-scorcher (epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); उपाधि/विशेषणवत् नाम (epithet)
• Role: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Root: परंतप (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• जग्मुर्यथागतम् = जग्मुः + यथा-आगतम्
• गौतमोऽपि = गौतमः + अपि
• जगामाशु = जगाम + आशु

Speaker and setting

Shanta rasaSetting: Divine/ṛṣi-sabhā and āśrama

Speaker

Rudra

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Pedagogy and lineage transmission

Subjects

NarrativeSages and LineagesTransmission of Teaching

Core idea

Teaching is completed through correct reception and orderly departure; dharma-knowledge moves through recognized lineages (Brahmā’s sons) and returns to its seats (āśrama).

In practice

After instruction, act accordingly and maintain decorum; preserve teachings without distortion as they pass through lineages.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative device: sages receive instruction and then depart, marking the closure of a discourse unit and preserving the sense of an oral-teaching lineage.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; it only mentions Gautama returning to his own dwelling (geha).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes orderly transmission of instruction and disciplined return to one’s duties after receiving teachings, without presenting a direct prescriptive rule.