Varaha Purana 206.32: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 32

Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds

Devanagari script

यत्र गावो जगत्तत्र देवदेवपुरोगमाः ॥ यत्र गावस्तत्र लक्ष्मीः सांख्यधर्मश्च शाश्वतः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 206.32

Transliteration

yatra gāvo jagat tatra devadeva-purogamāḥ || yatra gāvas tatra lakṣmīḥ sāṃkhya-dharmaś ca śāśvataḥ

Translation

എവിടെ പശുക്കൾ ഉണ്ടോ അവിടെയേ ജഗത്ത് (സമൃദ്ധമായ ക്രമം) നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു; ദേവദേവനെ മുൻപാക്കി നിൽക്കുന്ന ദേവഗണവും അവിടെ സന്നിഹിതരാണ്. എവിടെ പശുക്കൾ ഉണ്ടോ അവിടെയേ ലക്ഷ്മിയും ശാശ്വതമായ സാംഖ്യധർമ്മവും വസിക്കുന്നു.

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• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-वाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Predicate (विधेय/Equative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-वाचक अव्यय (correlative adverb: there)

• देवदेवपुरोगमाः: those led by the God of gods (i.e., the gods with Mahādeva in front)
• देवदेवपुरोगमाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेवपुरोगम (प्रातिपदिक; देवदेव + पुरोगम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-वाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-वाचक अव्यय (correlative adverb: there)

• लक्ष्मीः: Lakṣmī; fortune
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सांख्यधर्मः: Sāṃkhya doctrine and dharma
• सांख्यधर्मः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांख्यधर्म (प्रातिपदिक; सांख्य + धर्म)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• शाश्वतः: eternal
• शाश्वतः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier) सांख्यधर्म-शब्दस्य

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnava Purana
• Prosperity Motifs
• Dharma Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents how prosperity (Lakṣmī) and dharma are rhetorically anchored to pastoral stability, a theme relevant to agrarian political economy in early South Asian textual cultures.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific place is given; the verse offers a generalized cultural claim rather than a pilgrimage geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The ethical principle is protective valuation of cattle as supporting social prosperity and moral order.