Varaha Purana 39.62: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 62

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

Devanagari script

दश सप्त दश द्वे च अष्टौ चत्वार एव च । लक्षायुतानि चत्वारि एकस्थं स्याच्चतुर्युगम् ॥ ३९.६२ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 39.62

Transliteration

daśa sapta daśa dve ca aṣṭau catvāra eva ca | lakṣāyutāni catvāri ekasthaṃ syāc caturyugam || 39.62 ||

Translation

పది, పదిహేడు, పది, రెండు; అలాగే ఎనిమిది మరియు నాలుగు—లక్ష, అయుతాల ఈ నాలుగు సమూహాలు కలసి ఒక చతుర్యుగం (నాలుగు యుగాల సమాహారం) అవుతాయి।

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Word by Word

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत्/अविकारी (indeclinable-like numeral)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत्/अविकारी

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत्/अविकारी

• dve: two
• dve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvi (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन (dual)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• catvāraḥ: four
• catvāraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catvāri (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• lakṣa-ayutāni: (so many) tens-of-thousands of lakhs
• lakṣa-ayutāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ayuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (lakṣasya ayutāni = tens-of-thousands of a lakh)

• catvāri: four
• catvāri: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catvāri (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• eka-stham: placed as one unit; combined into one
• eka-stham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक) + stha (स्थ धातु से कृत्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ekasmin stham = placed in one unit/position)

• syāt: would be; becomes
• syāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• catur-yugam: a four-yuga cycle (caturyuga)
• catur-yugam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (caturṇāṃ yugānāṃ samāhāraḥ/सम्बन्धः)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Metrics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic numerical formulation for cosmological time cycles, reflecting how early Sanskrit compendia systematized large-scale chronology (yuga and caturyuga) using conventional number-words and units such as lakṣa and ayuta.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological and arithmetical (time-reckoning).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical instruction lies in presenting time as cyclical and quantifiable, a common Purāṇic framework used to contextualize human history within larger cosmic periods.