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Varaha Purana 176.1: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 1

The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā

श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ पञ्चानां तु कनिष्ठो यः पञ्चालो ब्राह्मणात्मजः ॥ वाणिज्यभाण्डमादाय समूहस्य प्रसङ्गतः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 176.1

śrīvarāha uvāca | pañcānāṃ tu kaniṣṭho yaḥ pañcālo brāhmaṇātmajaḥ | vāṇijyabhāṇḍam ādāya samūhasya prasaṅgataḥ ||

वराह ने कहा, पाँच भाइयों में सबसे छोटा था पंचाला। वो ब्राह्मिन का बेटा था। उसने सामान उठाया और एक धंधे वाले ग्रुप के साथ मिल गया।

श्री-वराहःLord Varāha
श्री-वराहः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक) + वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.)
पञ्चानाम्of the five
पञ्चानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Gen. 6), बहुवचन (pl.); संख्याशब्द
तुbut/indeed
तु:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे
कनिष्ठःthe youngest
कनिष्ठः:
विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootकनिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); विशेषण
यःwho
यः:
कर्ता (Karta/Relative subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम
पञ्चालःa Pāñcāla man
पञ्चालः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.)
ब्राह्मण-आत्मजःson of a Brahmin
ब्राह्मण-आत्मजः:
सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (Appositional qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative)
वाणिज्य-भाण्डम्merchandise/goods
वाणिज्य-भाण्डम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवाणिज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष
आदायhaving taken
आदाय:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Pūrvakāla-kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√दा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)
समूहस्यof the group/caravan
समूहस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसमूह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी (Gen. 6), एकवचन (sg.)
प्रसङ्गतःdue to association/occasion
प्रसङ्गतः:
हेतु (Hetu/Cause)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), हेतौ/निमित्ते

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
A
Ancient Economy
V
Vaishnavism

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It preserves a narrative motif where Brahmin-identified characters participate in commerce, useful for studying social ideals and economic imagination in Purāṇic literature.

No location is named in this verse; it introduces the protagonist and his association with a group.

Implicitly, it frames livelihood and association (saṅga) as shaping one’s trajectory, though no explicit moral injunction is stated.

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