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Varaha Purana 2.75: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 75

Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative

एतत्सर्वं समासेन कथितं ते द्विजोत्तम । गृहीणा वेदान् शास्त्राणि सर्वज्ञत्वं च नारद ॥ २.७४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 2.75

etatsarvaṃ samāsena kathitaṃ te dvijottama | gṛhāṇa vedān śāstrāṇi sarvajñatvaṃ ca nārada || 2.74 ||

एतत्सर्वं समासेन ते कथितं द्विजोत्तम। गृहाण वेदान् शास्त्राणि सर्वज्ञत्वं च नारद॥

etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
sarvamall/entire
sarvam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
samāsenain brief / by summary
samāsena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsamāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular)
kathitamhas been told
kathitam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeAdjective
Root√kath (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
teto you
te:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (Dative/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन (Singular)
dvija-uttamaO best of the twice-born
dvija-uttama:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (द्विजेषु उत्तमः), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
gṛhāṇaaccept/take
gṛhāṇa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√grah (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)
vedānthe Vedas
vedān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन (Plural)
śāstrāṇitreatises/scriptures
śāstrāṇi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन (Plural)
sarva-jñatvamomniscience
sarva-jñatvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jñatva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वं जानाति इति/सर्वस्य ज्ञानम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
nāradaO Nārada
nārada:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnārada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Varāha (defaulted per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in the excerpt)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇa Studies
S
Sanskrit Philology
V
Vaishnavism

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