Varaha Purana 69.41: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 41

Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta

Devanagari script

समुद्रान् सप्त पश्यामि तथैव कुलपर्वतान् । सप्तद्वीपवतीं पृथ्वीं दृष्टवानस्मि पार्थिव ॥ ६९.४१ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 69.41

Transliteration

samudrān sapta paśyāmi tathaiva kulaparvatān | saptadvīpavatīṁ pṛthvīṁ dṛṣṭavān asmi pārthiva || 69.41 ||

Translation

Aku melihat tujuh lautan, demikian juga rangkaian gunung; wahai Raja, aku telah menyaksikan bumi yang memiliki tujuh benua.

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Word by Word

• samudrān: oceans
• samudrān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, accusative (द्वितीया) plural

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-stem used adjectivally; qualifies ‘samudrān’

• paśyāmi: I see
• paśyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (present), parasmaipada, uttama-puruṣa, ekavacana

• tathā: thus / likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, manner-adverb (तथावाचक)

• eva: indeed / just
• eva: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (एव-निश्चयार्थक)

• kula-parvatān: the (boundary) mountains of the regions/families
• kula-parvatān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāsa: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘kulasya parvatāḥ’); masculine, accusative (द्वितीया) plural

• sapta-dvīpa-vatīm: possessing seven continents
• sapta-dvīpa-vatīm: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vatī (तद्धित-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāsa: Tatpuruṣa (द्विगु-पूर्वपद + तद्धित ‘-vatī’ = ‘having seven islands/continents’); feminine, accusative (द्वितीया) singular; qualifies ‘pṛthvīm’

• pṛthvīm: earth
• pṛthvīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, accusative (द्वितीया) singular

• dṛṣṭavān: have seen
• dṛṣṭavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭavat (कृदन्त)
• Form: Kṛdanta: past active participle (क्तवत्), masculine, nominative (प्रथमा) singular; with ‘asmi’ forms perfect-like periphrasis

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (present), parasmaipada, uttama-puruṣa, ekavacana; auxiliary with ‘dṛṣṭavān’

• pārthiva: O king
• pārthiva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, vocative (सम्बोधन) singular

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Ancient Geography
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography: a schematic mapping of the world into seven dvīpas and seven surrounding seas, reflecting classical Indian intellectual traditions of geography and cosmology rather than empirical cartography.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single terrestrial location is named here; the verse references the cosmographic model of “seven dvīpas” and “seven seas,” a pan-Indian Purāṇic framework rather than a specific, locally identifiable site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily conveys descriptive knowledge (cosmic and terrestrial order). Indirectly, it supports a philosophical instruction of attentive observation and stewardship by framing Earth as an ordered, describable domain under responsible kingship (pārthiva).