Varaha Purana 39.63: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 63

Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance

Devanagari script

तैरेकसप्ततियुगं भवेन्मन्वन्तरं मुने । चतुर्दशाहो ब्राह्मस्तु तावती रात्रिरिष्यते ॥ ३९.६३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 39.63

Transliteration

tairekasaptatiyugaṃ bhaven manvantaraṃ mune | caturdaśāho brāhmas tu tāvatī rātrir iṣyate || 39.63 ||

Translation

“By those reckonings, a manvantara consists of seventy-one yugas, O sage. The Brahmā-day comprises fourteen such (manvantaras), and a night of equal duration is likewise accepted.”

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Word by Word

• taiḥ: by those; with those
• taiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• eka-saptati-yugam: seventy-one yugas
• eka-saptati-yugam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (संख्याशब्द) + saptati (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (ekā saptatiḥ = 71; 71 yugas)

• bhavet: would be; is said to be
• bhavet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• manu-antarām: a manvantara
• manu-antarām: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (manor antaram = interval of a Manu)

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• caturdaśa-ahaḥ: a period of fourteen days
• caturdaśa-ahaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśa (संख्याशब्द) + ahan/ahaḥ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (14 days)

• brāhmaḥ: of Brahmā; Brahmic
• brāhmaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brāhma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ahaḥ)

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (adversative/emphatic particle)

• tāvatī: of that same measure; equally long
• tāvatī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक विशेषण

• rātriḥ: night
• rātriḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• iṣyate: is considered; is accepted
• iṣyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (इष् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: is considered/accepted)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Cosmology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic scholastic interest in systematic chronology, presenting standardized measures (yuga, manvantara, Brahmā’s day/night) used across classical Sanskrit cosmological literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is cosmological and concerned with temporal measurement rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical function is descriptive—articulating an ordered framework for understanding cosmic time.