Varaha Purana 99.23: Adhyaya 99, Shloka 23

The Greatness and Rite of the Sesame-Cow (Tiladhenu) Gift

Devanagari script

वर्णानुक्रमतः शिष्यान्पुष्पहस्तान्प्रवेशयेत्॥ नवनाभं यदा कुर्यान्मण्डलं वर्णकैर्बुधः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 99.23

Transliteration

varṇānukramataḥ śiṣyān puṣpahastān praveśayet || navanābhaṃ yadā kuryān maṇḍalaṃ varṇakair budhaḥ ||

Translation

शिष्यों को वर्णों के ऑर्डर में अंदर बुलाओ, हाथों में फूल रखा हो। ज्ञानी व्यक्ति रंग से नौ कमरों वाला मंडल बनाता है।

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Word by Word

• वर्ण-अनुक्रमतः: in due order of the varṇas
• वर्ण-अनुक्रमतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वर्ण + अनुक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), अव्ययीभाव-समास; अर्थे—‘वर्णानाम् अनुक्रमेण’ (in the order of the syllables/colors)

• शिष्यान्: disciples
• शिष्यान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Accusative plural)

• पुष्प-हस्तान्: having flowers in their hands
• पुष्प-हस्तान्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्प + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुष्पाणि हस्ते येषाम्/पुष्पहस्ताः) विशेषणम् शिष्यान् प्रति

• प्रवेशयेत्: should make (them) enter
• प्रवेशयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘to cause to enter/let enter’ (प्रवेशयति)

• नव-नाभम्: nine-naved / having nine hubs
• नव-नाभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव + नाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (नव नाभाः यस्य तत्) विशेषणम् मण्डलम् प्रति

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-सम्बन्ध (temporal conjunction)

• कुर्यात्: should make
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• मण्डलम्: circle/diagram (maṇḍala)
• मण्डलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• वर्णकैः: with colors/pigments
• वर्णकैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• बुधः: the wise man
• बुधः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ritual
• Vaishnavism
• Mantra and Maṇḍala

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a developed Purāṇic ritual culture in which maṇḍala-construction, color symbolism, and orderly admission of participants are formalized as part of temple or household liturgy.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it concerns ritual procedure rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The emphasis is on disciplined order and proper preparation—entering the ritual space with symbolic purity (flowers) and following a prescribed sequence.