Varaha Purana 171.26: Adhyaya 171, Shloka 26

Śuka’s Ocean Voyage: Adverse Winds, Arrival at a Viṣṇu Shrine, and Aid from the Jaṭāyu Birds

Devanagari script

देवतादक्षिणे भागे पक्षिणां च जटायुषाम् ॥ लक्ष्यान्यनेकयूथानि बृहन्ति बहु सङ्घशः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 171.26

Transliteration

devatādakṣiṇe bhāge pakṣiṇāṃ ca jaṭāyuṣām || lakṣyāny anekayūthāni bṛhanti bahu saṅghaśaḥ

Translation

देवी लोगों के राइट साइड में बहुत पक्षी थे। जटायु जैसे पक्षी बड़े ग्रुप्स में थे। बहुत सारे ग्रुप्स साथ-साथ खड़े थे।

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Word by Word

• devatā-dakṣiṇe: on the right side of the deities
• devatā-dakṣiṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक) + dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Saptamī, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: ‘devatānāṃ dakṣiṇe (pārśve)’

• bhāge: in the region/part
• bhāge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana

• pakṣiṇām: of birds
• pakṣiṇām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• jaṭāyuṣām: of (the) Jaṭāyus (birds of Jaṭāyu’s kind)
• jaṭāyuṣām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṭāyus (प्रातिपदिक; proper name/class)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana

• lakṣyāni: were seen / visible (targets/sights)
• lakṣyāni: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• aneka-yūthāni: many flocks
• aneka-yūthāni: Kartā (apposition to lakṣyāni)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक) + yūtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya: ‘anekāni yūthāni’

• bṛhanti: large
• bṛhanti: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bṛhat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; agrees with yūthāni

• bahu: in great number
• bahu: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक used adverbially)
• Form: Avyaya-prāya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning ‘much/many’

• saṅghaśaḥ: in groups
• saṅghaśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṅghaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb meaning ‘in groups/collectively’

Speaker

Narrator (not explicit in fragment; default narrative frame within Varāha–Pṛthivī discourse)

Tags

• Purāṇic Narrative
• Ecological Motifs
• Itihāsa-Purāṇa Intertext

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates how Purāṇic texts use recognizable mythic figures (Jatāyu) to classify beings and enrich scene-setting, valuable for intertextual study with the Rāmāyaṇa tradition.

Which geographic location is identified?

No named location is provided; only a relative direction (‘southern side’) is used for spatial organization.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, the verse normalizes attention to living communities (flocks/assemblies), supporting a descriptive sensitivity to the non-human world.