Varaha Purana 191.9: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 9

Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation

Devanagari script

तत्र पप्रच्छ मां ब्रह्मा मम गात्राद्विनिःसृतः ॥ य एव तिष्ठते विष्णो त्रयाणां च चतुर्थकः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 191.9

Transliteration

tatra papraccha māṃ brahmā mama gātrād viniḥsṛtaḥ || ya eva tiṣṭhate viṣṇo trayāṇāṃ ca caturthakaḥ |

Translation

"Tam Brahma pytał mnie o tego, który wyszedł z mojego ciała, o tego, który, o Wisznu, stoi jako 'czwarty' w odniesieniu do trzech."

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• पप्रच्छ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: my / of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• गात्रात्: from the body/limb
• गात्रात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• विनिःसृतः: having emerged
• विनिःसृतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निः-√सृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः विशेषण

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (relative pronoun)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• तिष्ठते: stands / abides
• तिष्ठते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu
• विष्णो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्रयाणाम्: of the three
• त्रयाणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; संख्या (numeral)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• चतुर्थकः: the fourth
• चतुर्थकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Discourse
• Triad-and-Fourth Motif
• Sanskrit Philology
• Vaiṣṇava Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a doctrinally suggestive formula (‘the fourth of the three’) that reflects how Purāṇic texts classify divine functions and associated personifications.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical instruction is stated; the verse advances a classificatory/theological explanation within the narrative.