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Varaha Purana 120.15: Adhyaya 120, Shloka 15

Procedure for the Three Daily Twilight Mantra-Observance

यजामहे सोमपं भवन्तं ते सोमार्कनेत्रं शतपत्रनेत्रम् ॥ जगत्प्रधानं ननु लोकनाथं मृत्युत्रिसंसारविमोक्षणं च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 120.15

yajāmahe somapaṃ bhavantaṃ te somārkanetraṃ śatapatranetram | jagatpradhānaṃ nanu lokanāthaṃ mṛtyutri-saṃsāravimokṣaṇaṃ ca |

हम तुम्हारी पूजा करते हैं, जो सोम रस पीते हो। तुम्हारी आँखें चाँद और सूरज जैसी हैं, और तुम्हारी नज़र कमल के फूल जैसी साफ है। तुम इस दुनिया के मुख्य आदमी हो, सब जगह के मालिक हो। और तुम लोगों को मौत और जनम-मरण के चक्कर से आज़ाद करते हो।

yajāmahewe worship / we sacrifice
yajāmahe:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyaj (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (plural), आत्मनेपद
somapamSoma-drinker
somapam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsomapa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य पः/पाता)
bhavantamyou (honored one)
bhavantam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavant (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; आदरार्थे सर्वनाम-प्रयोग
teof you / your
te:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
soma-arka-netramwhose eyes are Soma and the Sun
soma-arka-netram:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsoma + arka + netra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य अर्कस्य च नेत्रे यस्य)
śata-patra-netramlotus-eyed (hundred-petaled-eyed)
śata-patra-netram:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśata + patra + netra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शतपत्रस्य नेत्रम्)
jagat-pradhānamchief of the world
jagat-pradhānam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjagat + pradhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः प्रधानम्)
nanuindeed / surely
nanu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/भावबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnanu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अवधान/निश्चयार्थ
loka-nāthamlord of the world
loka-nātham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootloka + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकस्य नाथः)
mṛtyu-tri-saṃsāra-vimokṣaṇamliberation from death and the threefold saṃsāra
mṛtyu-tri-saṃsāra-vimokṣaṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmṛtyu + tri + saṃsāra + vimokṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (मृत्यु-त्रि-संसारात् विमोक्षणम्)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

Varāha (default instructor framework)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sanskrit Poetics (epithets)

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It illustrates Purāṇic assimilation of Vedic imagery (Soma) and cosmic symbolism (sun and moon as eyes) into a hymn emphasizing liberation.

No geographic location is identified.

To orient one’s practice toward overcoming fear of death and cyclic existence through disciplined contemplation.

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