Varaha Purana 82.28: Adhyaya 82, Shloka 28

The Descent of the Rivers: The Sky-Gaṅgā and Her Fourfold Division

Devanagari script

ताश्च नदीर्ये पिबन्ति ते दशवर्षसहस्रायुषः।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 82.28

Transliteration

tāś ca nadīr ye pibanti te daśa-varṣa-sahasrāyuṣaḥ

Translation

जो लोग उन नदियों का पानी पीते हैं, वो दस हज़ार साल तक जीते हैं।

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Word by Word

• tāḥ: those (them)
• tāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• nadīḥ: rivers
• nadīḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun

• pibanti: drink
• pibanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धाातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative pronoun

• daśa-varṣa-sahasra-āyuṣaḥ: (they are) of a lifespan of ten-thousand years
• daśa-varṣa-sahasra-āyuṣaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); बहुवचन-विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (आयुषः = आयुः-सम्बन्धि), ‘having a lifespan of ten thousand years’

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Ancient Geography
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a common Purāṇic motif where sacred waters are linked with extraordinary longevity, reflecting cultural ideas of health, purity, and landscape sacralization.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse refers generally to previously mentioned rivers within the cosmographic regions under discussion (e.g., Bhadrāśva/Ketumāla in the surrounding narrative), without naming a modern-identifiable river here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it emphasizes the cultural value placed on reverent engagement with waterscapes; the verse functions more as a descriptive cosmographic claim than a direct moral injunction.