Varaha Purana 32.13: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 13

Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance

Devanagari script

स हंसयानमारुह्य सर्वलोकपितामहः । निवारयामास तदा कस्यार्थे युद्धमब्रवीत् ॥ ३२.१४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 32.13

Transliteration

sa haṃsayānam āruhya sarvalokapitāmahaḥ | nivārayāmāsa tadā kasyārthe yuddham abravīt || 32.14 ||

Translation

Kemudian Datuk segala alam, setelah menaiki wahana angsanya, menahan mereka lalu bersabda pada ketika itu: “Demi siapakah peperangan ini?”

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Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st case nominative), एकवचन

• हंस-यानम्: swan-vehicle
• हंस-यानम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक) + यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd case accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (hamsasya yānam)

• आरुह्य: having mounted
• आरुह्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having mounted/ascended’

• सर्व-लोक-पितामहः: the grandsire of all worlds (Brahmā)
• सर्व-लोक-पितामहः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sarveṣāṃ lokānāṃ pitāmahaḥ)

• निवारयामास: restrained / stopped
• निवारयामास: क्रिया (Kriyā/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वारय् (धातु; causative of √vṛ/√var)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Kālādhikaraṇa/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• कस्य: of whom / whose
• कस्य: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun), पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case genitive), एकवचन

• अर्थे: for the sake/purpose
• अर्थे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th case locative), एकवचन

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said / spoke
• अब्रवीत्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā (sarvalokapitāmahaḥ)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Epic Style
• Dialogic Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif in which Brahmā intervenes as a cosmological authority to halt escalation and demand a rationale for conflict, illustrating the text’s preference for ordered governance over unchecked violence.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; the imagery is cosmological (Brahmā on the haṃsa-yāna) rather than tied to a specific terrestrial site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds accountability in conflict: before engaging in violence, the purpose and beneficiary (“for whose sake?”) must be examined, implying restraint and reasoned inquiry as guiding principles.