Varaha Purana 5.1: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 1

Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa

Devanagari script

अश्वशिरा उवाच । भवन्तौ मम सन्देहमेकं छेत्तुमिहार्हतः । येन छिन्नेन जायेत मम संसारविच्युतिः ॥ ५.१ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 5.1

Transliteration

Aśvaśirā uvāca | bhavantau mama saṃdeham ekaṃ chettum ihārhataḥ | yena chinnena jāyeta mama saṃsāra-vicyutiḥ || 5.1 ||

Translation

అశ్వశిరుడు అన్నాడు—మీ ఇద్దరూ ఇక్కడ నా ఒక సందేహాన్ని నివృత్తి చేయుటకు అర్హులు; అది తొలగితే నాకు సంసార బంధనమునుండి విముక్తి కలుగును.

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Word by Word

• अश्वशिराः: Aśvaśiras (name)
• अश्वशिराः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भवन्तौ: you two (honorific)
• भवन्तौ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; आदरार्थ-सम्बोधनार्थ सर्वनाम-प्रयोग (honorific 'you two')

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सन्देहम्: doubt
• सन्देहम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies सन्देहम्)

• छेत्तुम्: to cut/resolve
• छेत्तुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Infinitive), अर्थः—कर्तुम् (to do)

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण/Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• अर्हथः: are able/ought
• अर्हथः: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• छिन्नेन: by (it being) cut/removed
• छिन्नेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न (कृदन्त; छिद्-धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (to येन)

• जायेत: may arise/occur
• जायेत: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संसार-विच्युतिः: departure from saṃsāra (release)
• संसार-विच्युतिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + विच्युतिः (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (संसारात् विच्युतिः/संसारस्य विच्युतिः)

Speaker

Aśvaśirā

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic pedagogical frame: an interlocutor formally requests the resolution of a “saṃdeha” (doubt) as a prerequisite for liberation-oriented knowledge, reflecting the text’s didactic and dialogic composition style.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the setting is framed generically as “iha” (“here”), functioning as a discourse marker rather than a toponym.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds an epistemic ethic: seeking clarification from qualified interlocutors to remove doubt, presented as instrumental to disengagement from saṃsāra (the cycle of conditioned existence).