Varaha Purana 113.37: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 37

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

वासवो वरुणश्चासि ह्यग्निर्मारुत एव च ।। अक्षरश्च क्षरश्चासि त्वं दिशो विदिशो भवान्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.37

Transliteration

vāsavo varuṇaś cāsi hy agnir māruta eva ca || akṣaraś ca kṣaraś cāsi tvaṃ diśo vidiśo bhavān

Translation

Tu es Vāsava (Indra) et Varuṇa ; tu es Agni et aussi Māruta (Vāyu). Tu es l’impérissable et le périssable ; tu es les directions et les directions intermédiaires.

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Word by Word

• vāsavaḥ: Vāsava (Indra)
• vāsavaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (Indra)

• varuṇaḥ: Varuṇa
• varuṇaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• agniḥ: Agni (fire-god)
• agniḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mārutaḥ: Māruta (wind-god)
• mārutaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māruta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: certainly/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic/limiting particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• akṣaraḥ: the imperishable
• akṣaraḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• kṣaraḥ: the perishable
• kṣaraḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• diśaḥ: directions
• diśaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; 'directions'

• vidiśaḥ: intermediate directions
• vidiśaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidiś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; 'intermediate directions'

• bhavān: you (honored one)
• bhavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/भवद्-शब्द)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; आदरार्थक-सर्वनाम (honorific pronoun)

Speaker

Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Cosmic Identification
• Sanskrit Hymnology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic ‘identification hymns’ where multiple deities and cosmic principles are linguistically subsumed under a single supreme referent, aiding comparative study with Vedic and epic precedents.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single location is named; ‘directions’ and ‘inter-directions’ are cosmological categories used for mapping space.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse promotes a worldview of interconnectedness—natural forces and spatial order are treated as integrated aspects of a single sustaining principle.