Varaha Purana 69.38: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 38

Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta

Devanagari script

त्वया च सप्त जन्मानि अहमारााधितः पुरा । तेन त्रैलोक्यनाशेऽपि त्वमेकस्त्वभिलक्षितः ॥ ६९.३८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 69.38

Transliteration

tvayā ca sapta janmāni aham ārādhitaḥ purā | tena trailokya-nāśe 'pi tvam ekas tv abhilakṣitaḥ || 69.38 ||

Translation

നീ മുമ്പ് ഏഴ് ജന്മങ്ങളോളം എന്നെ ആരാധിച്ചിരുന്നു; അതുകൊണ്ട് ത്രിലോകനാശം വന്നാലും നീ ഒരുത്തൻ മാത്രമേ പ്രത്യേകമായി അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തപ്പെട്ടിട്ടുള്ളൂ.

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Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-निपात)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Viseṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-like; here qualifying 'janmāni'

• janmāni: births
• janmāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ārādhitaḥ: was worshipped/propitiated
• ārādhitaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + rādh (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; 'having been worshipped/propitiated'

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• tena: therefore/by that
• tena: Hetu (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter/Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• trailokya-nāśe: in the destruction of the three worlds
• trailokya-nāśe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trailokya (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; समास: trailokyasya nāśaḥ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), concessive 'even/also'

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ekaḥ: alone/one
• ekaḥ: Viseṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate adjective

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis

• abhilakṣitaḥ: were recognized/marked out
• abhilakṣitaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi + lakṣ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; 'having been noticed/recognized'

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in the fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern in which sustained devotion or propitiation across multiple lifetimes is presented as a cause for special recognition, framed within the larger cosmological theme of periodic dissolution affecting the three worlds.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the focus is cosmological (trailokya) rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse conveys a philosophical instruction about continuity of moral-spiritual effort across lifetimes: sustained dedication (ārādhana) is portrayed as leading to distinctive recognition even amid large-scale cosmic change.