Varaha Purana 7.20: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 20

The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu

Gadādhara

Devanagari script

पितॄन् पितामहांस्तत्र तथैव प्रपितामहान् । प्रीणयामीति तत्तोयं त्वया दत्तमरिंदम ॥ ७.२० ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 7.20

Transliteration

pitṝn pitāmahāṁs tatra tathaiva prapitāmahān | prīṇayāmīti tat toyaṁ tvayā dattam ariṁdama || 7.20 ||

Translation

「そこで私はピトリ（祖霊）と祖父たち、さらに曾祖父たちを満足させる」—そう念じて、その水は汝によって捧げられた、敵を屈する者よ。

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Word by Word

• पितॄन्: fathers/ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative); बहुवचन

• पितामहान्: grandfathers
• पितामहान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• प्रपितामहान्: great-grandfathers
• प्रपितामहान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• प्रीणयामि: I satisfy/please
• प्रीणयामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रीण् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus/‘saying’
• इति: Vakyartha-marker (वाक्यार्थसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘toyam’)

• तोयम्: water (libation)
• तोयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative); एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (pronoun); तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental); एकवचन

• दत्तम्: given/offered
• दत्तम्: Kriya-visheshana/Predicate (क्रियाविशेषण/विशेष्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘toyam’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• अरिंदम: O subduer of foes
• अरिंदम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिंदम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative); एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default, per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaishnavism
• Ritual Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a classical Purāṇic formulation of ancestral remembrance (Pitṛ-tarpaṇa/Śrāddha) where offering water is framed as an ethical act of continuity with forebears, illustrating how ritual culture is embedded in didactic narrative.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym appears in this single verse; the term “tatra” (“there”) indicates reliance on the immediately preceding or surrounding passage for the named site (often a tīrtha or ritual setting in Purāṇic chapters).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes intentionality and duty: a simple act (offering water) is ethically oriented toward gratitude and responsibility to one’s lineage, expressed through the resolve “I satisfy the ancestors.”