Varaha Purana 2.14: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 14

Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative

Devanagari script

तावत् तस्य महारोषो ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः। सम्भूय तेन बालः स्यादङ्के रोषात्मसम्भवः॥ २.१४ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 2.14

Transliteration

tāvat tasya mahāroṣo brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ | sambhūya tena bālaḥ syād aṅke roṣātmasaṃbhavaḥ || 2.14 ||

Translation

そのとき、出生の顕れざる梵天ブラフマーの大いなる憤怒が凝集して形を取り、そこから一人の童子が生じた。童子はその膝に座し、憤怒そのものの精髄より生まれたのである。

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Word by Word

• tāvat: then; meanwhile
• tāvat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Temporal marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; temporal adverb (कालवाचक) ‘then/so long/at that time’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• mahāroṣaḥ: great anger
• mahāroṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + roṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; कर्मधारय: mahān roṣaḥ ‘great anger’

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• avyaktajanmanaḥ: of (him) whose birth is unmanifest
• avyaktajanmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyakta + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose birth is unmanifest/unknown’; qualifying brahmaṇaḥ

• sambhūya: having arisen
• sambhūya: Kriya-viseshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + bhū (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त) from √bhū with upasarga sam-; ‘having arisen/come into being’

• tena: by him; with him
• tena: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• bālaḥ: a child
• bālaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• syāt: would be; might become
• syāt: Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्, Optative), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada

• aṅke: on the lap
• aṅke: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• roṣātmasaṃbhavaḥ: one born from anger
• roṣātmasaṃbhavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roṣa + ātman + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (multi-member): roṣasya ātmanā saṃbhavaḥ / roṣāt saṃbhavaḥ ‘born of anger/anger-natured origin’

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in the fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Cosmology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern in which cosmic beings or forces emerge from Brahmā’s internal states, illustrating early Sanskrit mythic-cosmological models of creation through emanation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmogonic and genealogical rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than prescribing conduct directly, the verse presents a philosophical motif: intense mental states (here, wrath) are portrayed as generative forces, inviting reflection on the consequences and potency of inner dispositions.