Varaha Purana 171.44: Adhyaya 171, Shloka 44

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

Devanagari script

व्रीडायुतो निमग्नोऽयं निश्चितं मकरालये ॥ पितुरस्य वयं सर्वे पुत्रवद्विचरामहे ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 171.44

Transliteration

vrīḍāyuto nimagno ’yaṃ niścitaṃ makarālaye || pitur asya vayaṃ sarve putravad vicarāmahe ||

Translation

शरम से वो समुंदर में डूब गया है, जहाँ मगरमच्छ रहते हैं। उसके बाप के पास हम सब बेटे की तरह रहेंगे।

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Word by Word

• vrīḍāyutaḥ: endowed with shame
• vrīḍāyutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vrīḍā + yuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (vrīḍāyuta = व्रीडया युतः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (nimagnaḥ/ayam)

• nimagnaḥ: sunk / submerged
• nimagnaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-majj (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• niścitam: certainly / surely
• niścitam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ni-ści (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: ‘certainly’)

• makarālaye: in the abode of makaras (sea)
• makarālaye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: makara + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (makarālaye = मकराणाम् आलये), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• pituḥ: of the father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (vayam)

• putravat: like (his) sons
• putravat: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: putra + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमा-अव्यय: ‘like a son’)

• vicarāmahe: we move about / we live
• vicarāmahe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-car (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (default dialogue frame: Varāha–Pṛthivī; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Social Ethics
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Poetics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects social-ethical ideals preserved in Purāṇic literature, including collective duty toward elders when a child is lost.

Which geographic location is identified?

The sea/ocean is referenced metaphorically as “makarālaya”; no specific coastline is named.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Care for the bereaved parent through adopted filial responsibility (putravat vicarāmahe).