Varaha Purana 29.8: Adhyaya 29, Shloka 8

The Birth and Marriages of the Direction-Goddesses and the Daśamī Observance

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । ब्रह्माण्डमेतत् सुश्रॊण्यः शतकोटिप्रविस्तरम् । तस्यान्ते स्वेच्छया भद्रा उष्यतां मा विलम्बत ॥ २९.८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 29.8

Transliteration

brahmovāca | brahmāṇḍam etat suśroṇyaḥ śatakoṭipravistaram | tasyānte svecchayā bhadrā uṣyatāṃ mā vilambata || 29.8 ||

Translation

Brahmā rzekł: "O piękna w biodrach, to kosmiczne jajo rozciąga się na sto koti w wymiarze. Na jego granicy, o pomyślna, mieszkajcie według własnego wyboru; nie zwlekajcie."

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Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Ekavacana (sg.)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (Perfect/लिट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (sg.)

• brahmāṇḍam: the cosmic egg (universe)
• brahmāṇḍam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + aṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.); tatpuruṣa ‘Brahmā’s egg/cosmic egg’

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.); demonstrative qualifying brahmāṇḍam

• suśroṇyaḥ: O fair-hipped (ladies)
• suśroṇyaḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su- (उपसर्ग) + śroṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Sambodhana (Voc.), Bahuvacana (pl.); address to the maidens ‘O fair-hipped ones’

• śata-koṭi-pravistaram: of the extent of a hundred crores
• śata-koṭi-pravistaram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + pravistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Dvitīyā (Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.); tatpuruṣa ‘having an extent of a hundred crores’ qualifying brahmāṇḍam

• tasya: of it
• tasya: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen.), Ekavacana (sg.)

• ante: at the end/edge
• ante: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (sg.)

• sva-icchayā: by your own will
• sva-icchayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Tṛtīyā (Instr.), Ekavacana (sg.); tatpuruṣa ‘by one’s own will’

• bhadrāḥ: O auspicious ones/dear ladies
• bhadrāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Sambodhana (Voc.), Bahuvacana (pl.); affectionate address

• uṣyatām: let (you) dwell
• uṣyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (वस् धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative/लोट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana (pl.), ātmanepada; ‘let (you) dwell’

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: Pratiṣedha-avyaya (prohibitive particle/निषेध) used with imperative

• vilambata: delay/linger
• vilambata: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + lamb (लम्ब् धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Bahuvacana (pl.), ātmanepada

Speaker

Brahmā

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaishnavism
• Sanskrit Textual Tradition

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic cosmological idiom in which the universe is described as a brahmāṇḍa (“cosmic egg”) with vast, often hyperbolic, measures; such passages are valuable for studying Indic cosmography and its literary conventions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial place-name is specified; the verse refers to a cosmological boundary (the “end” of the brahmāṇḍa) rather than an identifiable historical geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The instruction emphasizes timely action and purposeful dwelling—“do not delay”—framed as a directive to proceed according to considered choice (svecchayā) within the cosmological order.