Varaha Purana 39.66: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 66

Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance

Devanagari script

ततो ब्रह्मोपसंहारे तल्लयं तिष्ठते चिरम् । पुनः सृष्टौ भवेद् देवो वैराजानां महातपाः ॥ ३९.६६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 39.66

Transliteration

tato brahmopasaṁhāre tallayaṁ tiṣṭhate ciram | punaḥ sṛṣṭau bhaved devo vairājānāṁ mahātapāḥ || 39.66 ||

Translation

Затем, при растворении мира, завершающемся уходом Брахмы в сокрытие, он долго пребывает в том состоянии слияния и погружения. И вновь, во время творения, то божество — великое в тапасе — возникает среди Вираджа.

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Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• brahma-upasaṁhāre: at the dissolution/withdrawal of Brahmā (cosmic dissolution)
• brahma-upasaṁhāre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman + upasaṁhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; tatpuruṣa-samāsa (ब्रह्मणः उपसंहारे)

• tat-layam: that dissolution/merging
• tat-layam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + laya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa (तस्य लयम्)

• tiṣṭhate: remains/stands
• tiṣṭhate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, present), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular

• ciram: for a long time
• ciram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cira (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of time (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• sṛṣṭau: in (the time of) creation
• sṛṣṭau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• bhavet: would become/comes to be
• bhavet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Liṅ-lakāra (लिङ्, optative/potential), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular

• devaḥ: the god/deity
• devaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• vairājānām: of the Vairājas
• vairājānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• mahā-tapāḥ: greatly austere / of great penance
• mahā-tapāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; karmadhāraya (महान् तपाः)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic model of cyclical time—creation, dissolution, and re-creation—using technical terms (sṛṣṭi, upasaṁhāra, laya) that are central to early medieval Sanskrit cosmological discourse.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological and metaphysical rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than a direct ethical rule, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction: beings and cosmic agents undergo periods of dissolution (laya) and re-emergence, emphasizing impermanence of manifested forms and continuity of cyclical order.