Varaha Purana 5.47: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 47

Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa

Devanagari script

सुभीमदंष्ट्रं शशिसूर्यनेत्रं संवत्सरे छायनयुग्मकुक्षम् । दर्भाङ्गरोमाणमतैध्मशक्तिं सनातनं यज्ञनरं नमामि ॥ ५.४७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 5.47

Transliteration

subhīmadaṃṣṭraṃ śaśisūryanetraṃ saṃvatsare chāyanayugmakukṣam | darbhāṅgaromāṇam atedhmaśaktiṃ sanātanaṃ yajñanaraṃ namāmi || 5.47 ||

Translation

Aku bersujud kepada Yajña-Puruṣa yang kekal: bertaring dahsyat; bermata Bulan dan Matahari; berperut Tahun (saṃvatsara) beserta sepasang titik balik (solstis); berbulu tubuh rumput darbha; dan berdaya sebagai kayu bakar yang menegakkan upacara suci.

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Word by Word

• su-bhīma-daṃṣṭram: having very fearsome tusks
• su-bhīma-daṃṣṭram: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + bhīma + daṃṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (very/auspicious + terrible + tusk)

• śaśi-sūrya-netram: whose eyes are the Moon and the Sun
• śaśi-sūrya-netram: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaśin + sūrya + netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद (śaśi-sūrya) + कर्मधारय (netram)

• saṃvatsare: in the year / as the year
• saṃvatsare: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• chāyā-nayugma-kukṣam: whose belly is the pair of shadow and light/leading (interpretive)
• chāyā-nayugma-kukṣam: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: chāyā + naya + yugma + kukṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (chāyā-naya-yugma as qualifier of kukṣi)

• darbha-aṅga-romāṇam: whose body-hair is darbha grass
• darbha-aṅga-romāṇam: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: darbha + aṅga + roman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (darbha as qualifier; aṅga-romāṇam = body-hair)

• at-edhma-śaktim: whose power is (like) fuel/wood (edhma) (interpretive)
• at-edhma-śaktim: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: at + edhma + śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष; at- as intensifier/particle in compound

• sanātanam: eternal
• sanātanam: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yajña-naram: the Yajña-Puruṣa
• yajña-naram: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña + nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (yajñasya naraḥ)

• namāmi: I bow
• namāmi: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha (default, as speaker not explicit in the fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Vedic Ritual Symbolism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic mode of Vedic ritual exegesis, presenting the sacrifice (yajña) as a cosmic person whose body maps onto calendrical time and natural phenomena—an important bridge between Vedic symbolism and later Purāṇic theology.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific place-name appears in this verse; the imagery is primarily cosmological and ritual-symbolic rather than topographic.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds disciplined reverence for cosmic order expressed through yajña-symbolism—an ethical orientation toward maintaining harmony between human action (ritual/intent) and the rhythms of nature (sun, moon, year, solstices).