Varaha Purana 27.4: Adhyaya 27, Shloka 4

The Slaying of Andhaka and the Manifestation of the Eight Mother-Goddesses from Divine Afflictions

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । अन्धकेनार्दिताः सर्वे वयं देवा जगत्पते । त्राहि सर्वांश्चतुर्वक्त्र पितामह नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ २७.४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 27.4

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | andhakena arditāḥ sarve vayaṃ devā jagatpate | trāhi sarvāṃś caturvaktra pitāmaha namo 'stu te || 27.4 ||

Translation

Para dewa berkata: “Wahai Tuhan alam semesta, kami semua dewa ditindas oleh Andhaka. Lindungilah kami semua, wahai Yang Bermuka Empat, Pitāmaha; sembah sujud kami kepada-Mu.”

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Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• अन्धकेन: by Andhaka
• अन्धकेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन

• आर्दिताः: afflicted / oppressed
• आर्दिताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्द् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of देवाः/वयम्)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवाः: (we) gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; apposition to वयम्

• जगत्-पते: O lord of the world
• जगत्-पते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: जगतः पतिः; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• त्राहि: protect (us)
• त्राहि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वान्: all (of us)
• सर्वान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of implicit ‘अस्मान्’)

• चतुर्-वक्त्र: O four-faced one
• चतुर्-वक्त्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि: चत्वारि वक्त्राणि यस्य सः; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• पितामह: O grandsire
• पितामह: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (interjection/particle used in salutation)

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (dative), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Philology
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative motif: divine beings appeal to a creator-figure (here addressed as caturvaktra/pitāmaha, i.e., Brahmā) during a crisis caused by an asura, reflecting the genre’s courtly and cosmological idiom of petition and protection.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified in this verse; it is framed as a cosmic/political appeal within the mythic narrative.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds a diplomatic-ethical pattern in Purāṇic literature: acknowledging limits in the face of violence and seeking protection through respectful address and collective responsibility, rather than escalating conflict unilaterally.