Varaha Purana 19.6: Adhyaya 19, Shloka 6

The Glory of Lunar Days: The Pratipadā Observance and the Merit of Hearing Agni’s Origin

Devanagari script

चतुर्विधानि भूतानि मनुष्याः पशवोऽसुराः । देवाḥ सर्वे सगन्धर्वाः प्रीताः स्युस्तर्पिते त्वयि ॥ १९.६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 19.6

Transliteration

caturvidhāni bhūtāni manuṣyāḥ paśavo 'surāḥ | devāḥ sarve sagandharvāḥ prītāḥ syus tarpita tvayi || 19.6 ||

Translation

Las cuatro clases de seres—humanos, animales, asuras y todos los devas junto con los gandharvas—quedarán complacidos cuando tú seas satisfecho (nutrido/propiciado debidamente).

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Word by Word

• चतुर्विधानि: fourfold
• चतुर्विधानि: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (संख्यापूर्वक-निर्धारण): ‘चतुर्णां विधानां’/‘चतुर्विध’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (भूतानि)

• भूतानि: beings
• भूतानि: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (कृदन्त; भू + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP used as noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मनुष्याः: humans
• मनुष्याः: कर्ता (Subject; member of enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पशवः: animals
• पशवः: कर्ता (Subject; member of enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• असुराः: asuras
• असुराः: कर्ता (Subject; member of enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: कर्ता (Subject; member of enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवाः)

• सगन्धर्वाः: together with Gandharvas
• सगन्धर्वाः: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (सह-समास/सहितार्थ): ‘गन्धर्वैः सह’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवाः)

• प्रीताः: pleased
• प्रीताः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (कृदन्त; प्री + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• स्युः: may be / would be
• स्युः: क्रिया (Verb; copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• तर्पिते: when (you are) satisfied/propitiated
• तर्पिते: अधिकरण (Locative absolute / circumstance)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तर्पित (कृदन्त; तृप्/तर्प् + णिच् + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; सप्तमी एकवचन (locative singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग रूप; अधिकरणे (locative absolute sense with tvayi): ‘when (you are) satisfied/propitiated’

• त्वयि: in you / when you
• त्वयि: अधिकरण (Locative; in you/with respect to you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Varāha (default, per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Puranic Cosmology
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic worldview in which multiple classes of beings (human, animal, divine, and other-than-divine) are presented as interdependent, and social-ritual concepts like “satisfaction/propitiation” (tarpaṇa) are framed as having wide cosmological effects.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is a general cosmological-ethical statement about categories of beings.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes a principle of interdependence: when the addressed entity is properly “satisfied/nourished” (tarpita), harmony and well-being extend across diverse orders of life, suggesting a broad ethic of sustaining and caring for the foundational support of living communities.