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Varaha Purana 13.32: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 32

The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times

एवं ऋषिस्तुतैः शास्त्रं ज्ञात्वा याज्यकसम्भवान् । स्वयं सृष्ट्यां स्मृतिर्लब्धा पुत्राणां ब्रह्मणा ततः । परं निर्वाणमापन्नास्तेऽपि ज्ञानेन एव च ॥ १३.३२ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 13.32

evaṁ ṛṣi-stutaiḥ śāstraṁ jñātvā yājyaka-sambhavān | svayaṁ sṛṣṭyāṁ smṛtir labdhā putrāṇāṁ brahmaṇā tataḥ | paraṁ nirvāṇam āpannās te ’pi jñānena eva ca || 13.32 ||

ដូច្នេះ ដោយបានយល់ដឹងនូវធម្មប្បញ្ញត្តិដែលព្រះឥសីទាំងឡាយសរសើរ—កើតពីអ្វីដែលគួរបូជាក្នុងយញ្ញ—ស្មារតីបានទទួលនៅក្នុងសೃષ્ટិផ្ទាល់។ បន្ទាប់មក តាមរយៈព្រះព្រហ្មា វាបានទៅដល់កូនៗផងដែរ ហើយពួកគេក៏បានឈានដល់និរវាណដ៏ឧត្តម ដោយចំណេះដឹងតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ។

evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
ṛṣi-stutaiḥby (those) praised by sages
ṛṣi-stutaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootṛṣi + stuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: ṛṣibhiḥ stutaiḥ = ‘praised by sages’
śāstramthe scripture/teaching
śāstram:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootśāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
jñātvāhaving known
jñātvā:
Kriyā (क्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), ‘having known’
yājyaka-sambhavānthe yājyaka-born (beings/lineages)
yājyaka-sambhavān:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootyājyaka + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; tatpuruṣa: yājyakasya sambhavāḥ = ‘those born from/connected with yājyaka (sacrificial officiants/ritual context)’
svayamby oneself; oneself
svayam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvayam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, emphatic adverb (स्वयम्)
sṛṣṭyāmin creation
sṛṣṭyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootsṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
smṛtiḥmemory/tradition
smṛtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsmṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
labdhāwas obtained
labdhā:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootlabh (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with smṛtiḥ
putrāṇāmof the sons
putrāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
brahmaṇāby Brahmā
brahmaṇā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (here masculine ‘Brahmā’), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
tataḥthen/thereafter
tataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb (ततः)
paramsupreme
param:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used substantively with nirvāṇam
nirvāṇamliberation; nirvāṇa
nirvāṇam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootnirvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
āpannāḥhaving attained
āpannāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeVerb
Rootāp (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: Past active participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; ‘having attained’
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural
apialso/even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle (निपात)
jñānenaby knowledge
jñānena:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, emphatic particle (अवधारण)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction (समुच्चय)

Varāha (default, per dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Sanskrit
V
Vaishnavism
M
Mokṣa-śāstra

FAQs

It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis where liberation is framed through jñāna (knowledge) and the transmission of smṛti (recollective tradition), linking cosmological origins (Brahmā, creation) with soteriology (nirvāṇa).

No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse; the focus is doctrinal (knowledge, memory, liberation) rather than sacred geography.

The verse foregrounds disciplined understanding (jñāna) as the decisive means toward the highest cessation/liberation (nirvāṇa), emphasizing intellectual and contemplative cultivation over external markers.

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