Varaha Purana 3.4: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 4

Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa

Devanagari script

बहुभृत्यपरिवारो बहुधान्यश्च पार्थिवः । अन्यस्मिन् कृतसंज्ञे तु युगे परमबुद्धिमान् ॥ ३.४ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 3.4

Transliteration

bahubhṛtyaparīvāro bahudhānyaś ca pārthivaḥ | anyasmin kṛtasaṃjñe tu yuge paramabuddhimān || 3.4 ||

Translation

En otra era, conocida como el Yuga Kṛta (Satya), el rey estaba acompañado por muchos sirvientes y séquitos, poseía abundante grano y provisiones, y era de inteligencia suprema.

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Word by Word

• बहुभृत्यपरिवारः: having many servants and attendants
• बहुभृत्यपरिवारः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + भृत्य + परिवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहवः भृत्याः यस्य सः (बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रयोगः), पदरचना तत्पुरुष-समासवत् (बहु-भृत्य + परिवार)

• बहुधान्यः: rich in grain
• बहुधान्यः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + धान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहु धान्यं यस्य सः (बहुव्रीहिः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• पार्थिवः: king
• पार्थिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अन्यस्मिन्: in another
• अन्यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृतसंज्ञे: called/known as
• कृतसंज्ञे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); कृत + संज्ञा (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः: ‘named/so-called’)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (contrastive particle)

• युगे: in an age
• युगे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमबुद्धिमान्: supremely intelligent
• परमबुद्धिमान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + बुद्धिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); परमः बुद्धिमान् इति कर्मधारयः

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Indic Cosmology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a standard Purāṇic literary motif: the Kṛta (Satya) Yuga as an idealized epoch marked by prosperity, social order, and exemplary rulership, useful for comparative study across Purāṇas and Dharmaśāstra discourse on kingship.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is a general description of a yuga (cosmic-historical age) rather than a place-based māhātmya passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse implicitly associates ethical governance with material sufficiency and cultivated intelligence—an archival indicator of the Purāṇic ideal that a ruler’s wisdom and orderly administration correlate with societal well-being.