Varaha Purana 105.16: Adhyaya 105, Shloka 16

Ritual Procedure for the Gift of the Milk-Cow

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Devanagari script

गीतवादित्रनिर्घोषैरप्सरोभिश्च सेविते ॥ तत्रोष्य विष्णोर्भवने विष्णुसायुज्यमाप्नुयात्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 105.16

Transliteration

gītavāditranirghoṣair apsarobhiś ca sevite || tatroṣya viṣṇor bhavane viṣṇusāyujyam āpnuyāt

Translation

वहाँ गाने और बजाने की आवाज़ें होती हैं। अप्सरा भी वहाँ रहती हैं। विष्णु के घर में रहने के बाद इंसान विष्णु में मिल जाता है।

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Word by Word

• gīta-vāditra-nirghoṣaiḥ: with the clamors of songs and instruments
• gīta-vāditra-nirghoṣaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gai धातु) + vāditra (प्रातिपदिक) + nirghoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (masc), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana (plural); tatpuruṣa: gītānāṁ vāditrāṇāṁ ca nirghoṣāḥ = 'sounds of songs and instruments'

• apsarobhiḥ: by/with apsarases
• apsarobhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (fem), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana (plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)

• sevite: in (a place) attended/served
• sevite: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sev (धातु) + sevita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग/puṁliṅga (contextual), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular); kta (PPP) used adjectivally: 'being attended/served' (locative agreeing with implied 'loke/vimāne')

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• uṣya: having stayed
• uṣya: Kriyā (क्रिया/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्) from upa√vas/√vas with preverb implied; sense: 'having dwelt/stayed'

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (masc), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana (singular)

• bhavane: in the abode
• bhavane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular)

• viṣṇu-sāyujyam: union with Viṣṇu (sāyujya)
• viṣṇu-sāyujyam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + sāyujya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (singular); tatpuruṣa: viṣṇoḥ sāyujyam

• āpnuyāt: would attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ lakāra (optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd/प्रथम), Ekavacana (singular), Parasmaipada

Speaker

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sāyujya (liberation typology)
• Heavenly court imagery

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a classical typology of liberation (here, sāyujya) and integrates it with courtly-aesthetic descriptions typical of Purāṇic depictions of divine realms.

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial geography is mentioned; the setting is Viṣṇu’s abode.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames ethical-ritual conduct as culminating in a transformative soteriological goal, expressed in the language of proximity/union.