Varaha Purana 75.29: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 29

Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure

Devanagari script

संततानि नदीभेदैरगम्यानि परस्परम् । वसन्ति तेषु सत्त्वानि नानाजातीनि सर्वशः ॥ ७५.२९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.29

Transliteration

saṃtatāni nadībhedair agamyāni parasparam | vasanti teṣu sattvāni nānājātīni sarvaśaḥ || 75.29 ||

Translation

നദികളുടെ വിഭജനങ്ങളാൽ ആ പ്രദേശഖണ്ഡങ്ങൾ വേർപെട്ടിട്ടും തുടർച്ചയായി വ്യാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. അവ പരസ്പരം അഗമ്യമാണ്; അവയിൽ എല്ലാദിക്കിലും നാനാജാതി ജീവികൾ വസിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• संततानि: continuous/connected
• संततानि: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + तन् (धातु) → संतत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• नदी-भेदैः: by river-divisions/branches
• नदी-भेदैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नदीनां भेदाः = divisions/branches of rivers)

• अगम्यानि: impassable
• अगम्यानि: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + गम् (धातु) → गम्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (गम्य = to be gone), नकार-निषेध (अ-), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• परस्परम्: mutually/with one another
• परस्परम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (reciprocal adverb)

• वसन्ति: live/dwell
• वसन्ति: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तेषु: in them/among them
• तेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन

• सत्त्वानि: beings/creatures
• सत्त्वानि: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• नाना-जातीनि: of various kinds/species
• नाना-जातीनि: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (नानाविधाः जातयः)

• सर्वशः: everywhere/in all ways
• सर्वशः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: in every way/entirely)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic-mode geographic observation: rivers function as natural boundaries shaping mobility, settlement, and perceived regional separation—useful for studying how early Sanskrit literature conceptualized terrain and connectivity.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym is named in this verse; it describes a general landscape type—regions segmented by river-channels—rather than a single identifiable site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not issue a direct moral injunction; its philosophical instruction is descriptive, emphasizing ecological and geographic diversity—many kinds of beings inhabiting river-bounded regions—supporting an archival theme of biodiversity within sacred/ordered space.