Varaha Purana 26.8: Adhyaya 26, Shloka 8

The Sun’s Assumption of Form and the Gods’ Hymn of Pacification

Devanagari script

एतस्य द्वादशादित्याः संभूतास्तेजसा पृथक् । प्रधान एव सर्वेषां सर्वदा स विबुध्यते ॥ २६.८ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 26.8

Transliteration

etasya dvādaśādityāḥ saṃbhūtās tejasā pṛthak | pradhāna eva sarveṣāṃ sarvadā sa vibudhyate || 26.8 ||

Translation

ఆయన నుండే ద్వాదశ ఆదిత్యులు ఉద్భవించారు; ప్రతి ఒక్కరు తమ తమ తేజస్సుతో భిన్నులు. వారందరిలో ఆయననే సదా ప్రధానుడిగా గ్రహిస్తారు.

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Word by Word

• एतस्य: of this (one)
• एतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रातिपदिक (indeclinable numeral stem used attributively)

• आदित्याः: Ādityas (solar deities)
• आदित्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन (Plural)

• सम्भूताः: arisen, come into being
• सम्भूताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, used predicatively); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• तेजसा: by (his) radiance
• तेजसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental); एकवचन

• पृथक्: separately, individually
• पृथक्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: separately)

• प्रधानः: chief, principal
• प्रधानः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle: only/indeed)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी; बहुवचन

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• विबुध्यते: is known/understood, is recognized
• विबुध्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + बुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not present in fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Cosmology
• Classical Indic Genealogies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a standard Purāṇic cosmological motif: enumerating and hierarchizing the Ādityas (solar deities), preserving a theological taxonomy used in early medieval Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned in this verse; the content is cosmological and genealogical rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is classificatory—affirming a principle of precedence (pradhānatva) among the Ādityas based on origin and recognized primacy.