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Varaha Purana 137.34: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 34

The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field

पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं वै जीवितं मम सुन्दरि ॥ ब्रूहि तत्परमं गुह्यं यन्मया पूर्वपृच्छितम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 137.34

pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ vai jīvitaṃ mama sundari | brūhi tat paramaṃ guhyaṃ yanmayā pūrvapṛcchitam ||

मेरा जीवन पूरा हज़ार साल का है। अब वो बात बताओ जो मैंने पहले पूछा था, वो छुपा हुआ राज़।

पूर्णम्full; complete
पूर्णम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular); ‘वर्षसहस्रम्’ इति विशेषण
वर्ष-सहस्रम्a thousand years
वर्ष-सहस्रम्:
Karma/Pradhāna (वाक्यसन्दर्भे)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘वर्षाणां सहस्रम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular)
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), निश्चयार्थ (indeed)
जीवितम्life; lifespan
जीवितम्:
Karta/Viṣaya (वाक्यसन्दर्भे)
TypeNoun
Rootजीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular)
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन (singular)
सुन्दरिO beautiful one
सुन्दरि:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन (singular)
ब्रूहिtell; speak
ब्रूहि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद
तत्that
तत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन (singular); ‘गुह्यम्’ इति विशेषण
परमम्supreme; highest
परमम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन (singular); ‘गुह्यम्’ इति विशेषण
गुह्यम्secret (teaching)
गुह्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन (singular)
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
मयाby me
मया:
Kartr̥/Instrumental agent (कर्ता-निर्देश/तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental), एकवचन (singular)
पूर्व-पृच्छितम्previously asked
पूर्व-पृच्छितम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्र+छिद्/पृच्छ् (धातु)
Formकर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: ‘पूर्वं पृच्छितम्’; क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन (singular); ‘यत्’ इति विशेषण

Pṛthivī

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism

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