Varaha Purana 142.52: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 52

The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics

Devanagari script

मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च ॥ चक्रवत्परिवर्तन्ते यन्मोहान्मां न जानते ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 142.52

Transliteration

mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca | cakravat parivartante yanmohān māṃ na jānate ||

Translation

幾千の母と父、幾百の子と配偶者が、車輪のように幾度も巡り回る。迷妄ゆえに我を知らないからである。

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Word by Word

• mātā-pitṛ-sahasrāṇi: thousands of mothers and fathers
• mātā-pitṛ-sahasrāṇi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक-समाहार); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘thousands of mothers and fathers’ (collective)

• putra-dāra-śatāni: hundreds of sons and wives
• putra-dāra-śatāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक-समाहार); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘hundreds of sons and wives’ (collective)

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

• cakravat: like a wheel
• cakravat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of comparison)

• parivartante: (they) revolve/keep changing
• parivartante: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + √vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they revolve/turn about’

• yat-mohāt: from whose delusion / due to which delusion
• yat-mohāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम) + moha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘yasya mohāt’); पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• jānate: (they) know
• jānate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (वैदिक/पुराण-प्रयोग); √jñā ‘to know’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Saṃsāra Doctrine

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse uses stock Purāṇic imagery (the wheel) to articulate rebirth and shifting social identities, a key didactic device in Dharma and Mokṣa-oriented literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Recognize the instability of relational identities and counter delusion with a liberative orientation (knowledge/devotion).