Varaha Purana 174.4: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 4

The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship

Devanagari script

एवं कर्माणि कुर्वन्स ब्रह्मलोकजिगीषया॥ बहून्यब्दान्यतीतानि ब्राह्मणस्य वने तदा॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 174.4

Transliteration

evaṃ karmāṇi kurvans brahmaloka-jigīṣayā || bahūny abdāny atītāni brāhmaṇasya vane tadā

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ കർമ്മങ്ങൾ ചെയ്തുകൊണ്ട് ബ്രഹ്മലോകപ്രാപ്തിയുടെ ആഗ്രഹത്തോടെ, ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണന് വനത്തിൽ പല വർഷങ്ങൾ കടന്നുപോയി।

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• कर्माणि: actions, rites
• कर्माणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• कुर्वन्: doing, performing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• ब्रह्मलोकजिगीषया: with the desire to attain Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकजिगीषया: Hetu (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक-जिगीषा (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘ब्रह्मलोकस्य जिगीषा’ (desire to conquer/attain Brahmaloka)

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘अबदानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अबदानि: years
• अबदानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अतीतानि: passed, elapsed
• अतीतानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-इ (धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘अबदानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Varāha (narrative continuation)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Ascetic Ideals
• Dharma Discourse

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It connects sustained ascetic practice with cosmological destinations (lokas), a hallmark of Purāṇic moral-cosmology.

Which geographic location is identified?

The immediate setting is the forest (vana); the cosmological location named is Brahmaloka.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Perseverance over long durations is portrayed as essential to achieving high aims, whether framed ritually, ethically, or cosmologically.