Varaha Purana 175.26: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 26

The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter

Devanagari script

एवं वसति सा बाला देवस्यास्य परिग्रहा ॥ यथासुखं समेताभिर्विहरन्ती दिने दिने ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 175.26

Transliteration

evaṃ vasati sā bālā devasyāsya parigrahā | yathāsukhaṃ sametābhir viharantī dine dine ||

Translation

एवं वसति सा बाला देवस्यास्य परिग्रहा॥ यथासुखं समेताभिर्विहरन्ती दिने दिने॥

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Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• vasati: dwells / lives
• vasati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bālā: the young girl
• bālā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• asya: of this (one)
• asya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• parigrahā: consort / possession
• parigrahā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parigrahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yathā-sukham: as she pleased / comfortably
• yathā-sukham: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable adverb)

• sametābhiḥ: with the assembled (women)
• sametābhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ita (प्रातिपदिक; √i + kta)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; सह-भाव (together/assembled)

• viharantī: sporting / enjoying
• viharantī: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√hṛ (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dine: in the day
• dine: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• dine: day by day
• dine: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for distributive sense)

Speaker

Varāha (default for this fragmentary excerpt)

Tags

• Purāṇic Narrative
• Classical Literature
• Cultural History

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