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Varaha Purana 144.40: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 40

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

अहो देव मया दृष्टो दुर्दर्शो योगिनामपि ॥ त्वया सर्वमिदं सृष्टं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 144.40

aho deva mayā dṛṣṭo durdarśo yoginām api || tvayā sarvam idaṁ sṛṣṭaṁ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam ||

“అహో దేవా! యోగులకు కూడా దర్శనమవడం దుర్లభమైన నిన్ను నేను దర్శించాను. స్థావరమూ జంగమమూ అయిన ఈ సమస్త జగత్తును నీవే సృష్టించావు.”

अहोoh! alas!
अहो:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/भावसूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootaho (अव्यय)
Formउद्गार-अव्यय (interjection)
देवO god / O Lord
देव:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formसर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन
दृष्टःseen
दृष्टः:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु) + kta (क्त)
Formकृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
दुर्दर्शःhard to see
दुर्दर्शः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdur + darśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
योगिनाम्of yogis
योगिनाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootyogin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन
अपिeven / also
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formसर्वनाम, मध्यमपुरुष, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
सृष्टम्created
सृष्टम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु) + kta (क्त)
Formकृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (इदं सर्वम्) इत्यस्य विशेषण
जगत्world
जगत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
स्थावर-जङ्गमम्(consisting of) immobile and mobile beings
स्थावर-जङ्गमम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthāvara (प्रातिपदिक) + jaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (copulative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; जगत् इत्यस्य विशेषण

Gaṇḍakī

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
C
Cosmology
P
Philosophical Theology

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It reflects a widely shared Sanskrit cosmological idiom—‘moving and unmoving’—that catalogs biodiversity and material reality, bridging philosophy and ecological description.

No specific location is named; the verse is hymnic and cosmological rather than topographic.

By treating all beings (mobile and immobile) as part of a single created order, the verse supports an ethic of non-negligence toward the broader living landscape.

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