Varaha Purana 7.11: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 11

The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu

Gadādhara

Devanagari script

सनत्कुमार उवाच । धन्यस्त्वमेव द्विजवर्यमुख्य यद् वेदवादाभिरतः पितॄंश्च । प्रीणासि मन्त्रव्रतजप्यहोमैर्गयां समासाद्य तथाऽन्नपिण्डैः ॥ ७.११ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 7.11

Transliteration

sanatkumāra uvāca | dhanyas tvam eva dvijavaryamukhya yad vedavādābhirataḥ pitṝṁś ca | prīṇāsi mantravratajapyahomair gayāṁ samāsādya tathā 'nna-piṇḍaiḥ || 7.11 ||

Translation

Sanatkumāra rzekł: "Błogosławionyś zaprawdę ty, o najwybitniejszy spośród dwukrotnie urodzonych, gdyż oddany recytacji Wed zadowalasz też Pitry, duchy przodków. Przybywszy do Gayā, zadowalasz ich poprzez obserwancje mantr, japę, święte powtarzanie, i ofiary ogniowe, homę, a także poprzez ofiary pindy, ryżowe kulki."

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Word by Word

• सनत्कुमारः: Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत् + कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सनत् कुमारः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• धन्यः: fortunate
• धन्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed / alone
• एव: Avadharana (अवधारण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• द्विजवर्यमुख्य: O foremost among the best of twice-born
• द्विजवर्यमुख्य: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + वर्य + मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (द्विजानां वर्यः, तेषां मुख्यः)

• यत्: since / because
• यत्: Hetu (हेतु/Reason marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative particle ‘since/that’)

• वेदवादाभिरतः: devoted to Vedic recitations/discourses
• वेदवादाभिरतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदवाद + अभिरत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (वेदवादेषु अभिरतः)

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Accusative plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• प्रीणासि: you satisfy / please
• प्रीणासि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: लट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मन्त्रव्रतजप्यहोमैः: by mantras, vows, recitations, and oblations
• मन्त्रव्रतजप्यहोमैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र + व्रत + जप्य + होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (मन्त्रैः, व्रतैः, जप्यैः, होमैः)

• गयाम्: Gayā (holy place)
• गयाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समासाद्य: having reached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव- कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having reached’

• तथा: also / likewise
• तथा: Prakara (प्रकार/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb ‘thus/also’)

• अन्नपिण्डैः: with rice-balls (food offerings)
• अन्नपिण्डैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न + पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अन्नस्य पिण्डाः)

Speaker

Sanatkumāra

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Cultural Geography
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse reflects a Purāṇic framing of Gayā as a prominent heritage landscape associated with ancestral rites, preserving a record of how Vedic recitation, homa, and food-offerings were conceptually linked to pitṛ-satisfaction in medieval Sanskrit textual culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

Gayā is explicitly named; it is generally identified with the historic city of Gayā in present-day Bihar, India, long associated in Sanskrit sources with śrāddha and piṇḍa offerings for ancestors.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes disciplined practice—Vedic study/recitation combined with carefully performed offerings—as a culturally valued means of expressing responsibility toward one’s ancestors (pitṛ-ṛṇa), presented as a commendable model of conduct.