Varaha Purana 116.7: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 7

An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering

Devanagari script

तेषां व्युष्टिं प्रवक्ष्यामि मम कर्मसमुत्थिताम् ।। षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिवर्षशतानि च

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 116.7

Transliteration

teṣāṃ vyuṣṭiṃ pravakṣyāmi mama karmasamutthitām || ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭivarśaśatāni ca

Translation

Main ab batata hoon ki yeh sab kitne time tak chalega. Yeh mere karam se hi bana hai. Saath hazaar saal, aur uske upar saath sau saal bhi.

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Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• व्युष्टिम्: manifestation/appearance (vyuṣṭi)
• व्युष्टिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्युष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• कर्मसमुत्थिताम्: arisen from (my) action
• कर्मसमुत्थिताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्म-समुत्थित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘arisen from (my) action’

• षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि: thousands of sixty years
• षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि-वर्ष-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण-सम्बद्ध (numerical expression)

• षष्टिवर्षशतानि: hundreds of sixty years
• षष्टिवर्षशतानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि-वर्ष-शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण-सम्बद्ध

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction), अव्यय

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Numerology
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates Purāṇic quantitative rhetoric—using large time-units to express the magnitude of ritual or devotional results.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse reinforces disciplined practice by describing the scale/duration of its promised outcomes.