Varaha Purana 123.38: Adhyaya 123, Shloka 38

The Greatness of Fragrant Flowers and Leaves: Prabodhinī (Awakening) Observances and Seasonal Rites

Devanagari script

सुमनो गन्धसम्भूतं यत्त्वया पूर्वपृच्छितम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 123.38

Transliteration

sumano gandhasambhūtaṃ yat tvayā pūrvapṛcchitam

Translation

सुमनस फूल के बारे में जो तुमने पहले पूछा था। वो सुगंध से बना होता है। मैं अब उसकी बात करता हूं।

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Word by Word

• sumanaḥ: a flower
• sumanaḥ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sumanas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; N/Acc sg (context: ‘flower’)

• gandha-sambhūtam: arisen from fragrance / fragrance-born
• gandha-sambhūtam: Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhūta (√bhū; कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (gandhāt sambhūtam / gandhena sambhūtam); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with sumanaḥ

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (कर्ता/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• pūrva-pṛcchitam: previously asked
• pūrva-pṛcchitam: Kriyā (क्रिया/participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + pṛcchita (√prach; कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (pūrvam pṛcchitam); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate/qualifier to yat

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ritual Lexicon
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