Varaha Purana 29.7: Adhyaya 29, Shloka 7

The Birth and Marriages of the Direction-Goddesses and the Daśamī Observance

Devanagari script

यत्र तिष्ठामहे सर्वा भर्तृभिः सहिताः सुखम् । पतयश्च महाभागा देहि नोऽव्यक्तसम्भव ॥ २९.७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 29.7

Transliteration

yatra tiṣṭhāmahe sarvā bhartṛbhiḥ sahitāḥ sukham | patayaś ca mahābhāgā dehi no 'vyaktasambhava || 29.7 ||

Translation

ഞങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും ഭർത്താക്കന്മാരോടൊപ്പം സന്തോഷത്തോടെ പാർക്കുവാൻ കഴിയുന്ന ഒരു സ്ഥലം ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് ദയചെയ്യുക; ഞങ്ങളുടെ മഹാഭാഗ്യവാന്മാരായ സ്വാമിമാരും (അവിടെ പാർക്കട്ടെ). ഹേ അവ്യക്തസംബവാ, ഇത് ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് നൽകുക।

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Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa-avyaya (locative adverb/देश)

• tiṣṭhāmahe: we stay/stand
• tiṣṭhāmahe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present/लट्), Uttama-puruṣa (1st), Bahuvacana (pl.), ātmanepada

• sarvāḥ: all (of us)
• sarvāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• bhartṛbhiḥ: with husbands
• bhartṛbhiḥ: Sahakāraka (सह/साकं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Tṛtīyā (Instr.), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• sahitāḥ: accompanied/together
• sahitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + i (इ धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: PPP (क्त) ‘sahita’; Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• sukham: happily/with ease
• sukham: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Dvitīyā (Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.); adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषण-द्वितीया)

• patayaḥ: husbands/lords
• patayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• mahābhāgāḥ: very fortunate/noble
• mahābhāgāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.); qualifying patayaḥ

• dehi: give
• dehi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Ekavacana (sg.), parasmaipada

• naḥ: to us
• naḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive/Dative enclitic ‘naḥ’; here Dative sense (to us), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• a-vyakta-sambhava: O one of unmanifest origin
• a-vyakta-sambhava: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a- (नञ्) + vyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Sambodhana (Voc.), Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi ‘whose origin is unmanifest’ (epithet)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (defaulted by dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic dialogic style in which a petitioner requests an auspicious dwelling or settlement, reflecting social ideals of well-being (sukha) and household cohesion within the broader mythic-cosmological narration.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym or identifiable geographic marker appears in this isolated verse; it expresses a general request for a suitable place to dwell rather than naming a site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds the value of communal stability and well-being—dwelling together in harmony—presented as a legitimate aim to be sought through dialogue and petition within the narrative.