Varaha Purana 124.21: Adhyaya 124, Shloka 21

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Devanagari script

दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं वै धारितासि वसुन्धरे ॥ मया लीलायमानैने एकदंष्ट्राग्रकेण वै ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 124.21

Transliteration

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ vai dhāritāsi vasundhare || mayā līlāyamānena ekadaṃṣṭrāgrakeṇa vai ||

Translation

वसुंधरा, मैंने तुम्हे एक हज़ार साल तक पकड़ा है। अपने एक दाँत के ऊपर, खेलते-खेलते।

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Word by Word

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with varṣasahasram

• varṣa-sahasram: a thousand years
• varṣa-sahasram: Kāla-adhvana (कालाध्वन्/Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu: sahasraṃ varṣāṇām (a thousand years)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Nipāta (निपात/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/assurance

• dhāritāsi: you have been held/supported
• dhāritāsi: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धृ धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्) with auxiliary 'as' (अस् धातु) in periphrastic-style; 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Passive sense: 'you have been borne/held'

• vasundhare: O Earth (Vasundharā)
• vasundhare: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasundharā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥/Agent-instrument (कर्ता/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• līlāyamānena: sporting/playfully acting
• līlāyamānena: Karana (करण/Instrumental qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: līlā + yam (यम् धातु)
• Form: Present middle participle (शानच्/वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine/Neuter Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); used with mayā: 'by me who is sporting/playing'

• ekadaṃṣṭra-agrakeṇa: with the tip of (my) single tusk
• ekadaṃṣṭra-agrakeṇa: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka + daṃṣṭrā + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: ekāyāḥ daṃṣṭrāyāḥ agraṃ (tip of a single tusk)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Nipāta (निपात/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis

Speaker

Varāha/Nārāyaṇa

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Mythic Cosmology
• Environmental Symbolism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It is a core expression of the Varāha myth: Earth’s stabilization/restoration is narrated through vivid cosmological imagery and Purāṇic concepts of vast time.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geography is named; the verse is cosmological, describing Earth as a whole.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The narrative frames the Earth as something to be upheld and protected—support and restoration function as a philosophical model for stewardship.