Varaha Purana 20.5: Adhyaya 20, Shloka 5

The Birth of the Aśvins: Solar Lineage, Saṃjñā and Chāyā, and the Granting of a Hymn and Boons

Devanagari script

तेषां मध्ये महातेजा मार्त्तण्डो लोकविश्रुतः । नारायणात्मकं तेजो द्वादशं संप्रकीर्तितम् ॥ २०.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 20.5

Transliteration

teṣāṁ madhye mahātejā mārttaṇḍo lokaviśrutaḥ | nārāyaṇātmakaṁ tejo dvādaśaṁ saṁprakīrtitam || 20.5 ||

Translation

അവരിൽ മഹാതേജസ്സുള്ള, ലോകപ്രസിദ്ധനായ മാർത്തണ്ഡൻ (സൂര്യൻ) നാരായണാത്മകമായ തേജസ്സിന്റെ ദ്വാദശ രൂപമായി പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मध्ये: in the midst/among
• मध्ये: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग-प्रयोग (locative adverbial)

• महातेजाः: of great radiance
• महातेजाः: विशेषण (Qualifier of मार्त्तण्डः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (descriptive: 'great in splendor'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मार्त्तण्डः: Mārtaṇḍa (Sun)
• मार्त्तण्डः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्त्तण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोक-विश्रुतः: world-renowned
• लोक-विश्रुतः: विशेषण (Qualifier of मार्त्तण्डः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + विश्रुत (कृदन्त; √श्रु धातु, वि-उपसर्ग)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (locative/genitive sense: 'renowned in the world'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• नारायण-आत्मकम्: of the nature of Nārāyaṇa
• नारायण-आत्मकम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारायण + आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'having the nature of Nārāyaṇa'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with तेजः)

• तेजः: splendor/radiance
• तेजः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; of implied 'is said')
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• द्वादशम्: the twelfth
• द्वादशम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with तेजः)

• संप्रकीर्तितम्: is proclaimed/declared
• संप्रकीर्तितम्: क्रिया (Predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-प्र-कीर्तित (कृदन्त; √कीर्त्/कीर्तय् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaishnavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic tendency to systematize cosmological and theological concepts through enumerations—here, a scheme of twelve luminous forms—while integrating solar imagery with a Vaiṣṇava interpretive frame.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is cosmological/theological (Mārtaṇḍa as a world-renowned solar epithet).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is classificatory and theological—identifying a solar radiance (tejas) as ultimately grounded in the essence (ātman) of Nārāyaṇa.