Varaha Purana 157.43: Adhyaya 157, Shloka 43

Praise of the Malayārjuna Sacred Ford and the Mathurā-Yamunā Pilgrimage Cycle

Devanagari script

न तस्य दुर्लभं लोके सर्वदाता दिवाकरः ॥ आदित्येऽहनि संप्राप्ते सप्तम्यां तु वसुन्धरे

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 157.43

Transliteration

na tasya durlabhaṃ loke sarvadātā divākaraḥ || āditye' hani samprāpte saptamyāṃ tu vasundhare

Translation

उसके लिए दुनिया में कुछ भी मुश्किल नहीं। सूरज सब कुछ देता है। जब सप्तमी तिथि आती है, धरती।

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Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; negation particle (निषेध)

• tasya: for him/of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/for him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma; Puṃliṅga/Napuṃsakaliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (gen), Eka-vacana

• durlabham: hard to obtain/rare
• durlabham: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durlabha (दुर्लभ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (nom/acc), Eka-vacana; predicate ‘not difficult/rare’

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (लोक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (loc), Eka-vacana

• sarva-dātā: giver of all (boons)
• sarva-dātā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक) + dātṛ (दातृ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (nom), Eka-vacana

• divākaraḥ: the Sun
• divākaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divākara (दिवाकर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (nom), Eka-vacana; apposition to sarva-dātā

• āditye: on (the day of) the Sun / on Sunday
• āditye: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (आदित्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (loc), Eka-vacana

• ahani: day
• ahani: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahan (अहन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Saptamī (loc), Eka-vacana

• samprāpte: when it has arrived/when it comes
• samprāpte: Kāla-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-pra-āp (सम्-प्र-आप् धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त); Saptamī (loc), Eka-vacana; agrees with āditye/ahani (locative absolute sense)

• saptamyām: on the seventh (tithi)
• saptamyām: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (सप्तमी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī (loc), Eka-vacana

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (emphasis/contrast)

• vasundhare: O Earth
• vasundhare: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasundharā (वसुन्धरा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana-vibhakti (voc, 8th), Eka-vacana

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame; vocative indicates Pṛthivī/Vasundharā addressed)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Solar Devotion
• Purāṇic Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows how Purāṇic texts connect calendrical observance to a broader cosmological ethic, presenting the Sun as a universal benefactor within cultural imagination.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse continues the same tīrtha/kuṇḍa setting; the new emphasis is temporal (Sun’s day and saptamī), not a new toponym.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It frames gratitude and disciplined timing as virtues, encouraging practices that align human conduct with perceived cosmic order and shared cultural rhythms.