Varaha Purana 7.43: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 43

The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu

Gadādhara

Pūrva Bhāga · Dialogic Narratives (Transmission of Divine Knowledge)

Devanagari script

देव उवाच । एवमस्त्विति ते ब्रह्मन्नित्युक्त्वा ऽन्तरधी यत । भगवानपि रैभ्यस्तु दिव्यज्ञानसमन्वितः ॥ ७.४३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 7.43

Transliteration

deva uvāca | evam astv iti te brahmann ity uktvā 'ntaradhīyata | bhagavān api raibhyas tu divyajñāna-samanvitaḥ || 7.43 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

దేవుడు అన్నాడు—“అలాగే జరుగుగాక.” ఓ బ్రాహ్మణా, ఇలా చెప్పి ఆయన అంతర్ధానమయ్యాడు. రైభ్యుడు కూడా దివ్యజ్ఞానంతో సమన్వితుడై (ఆ స్థితిలో) నిలిచెను.

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Word by Word

• devaḥ: the Lord/the god
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)

• uvāca: said
• Type: Verb
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)

• evam: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Prakāra-avyaya (adverb of manner)
• Role: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Root: evam (अव्यय)

• astu: let it be
• Type: Verb
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative/benedictive sense), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; “let it be”
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)

• iti: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Vākyānta-nipāta (quotative particle)
• Role: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (quotation marker)
• Root: iti (अव्यय)

• te: to you
• Type: Noun
• Form: Caturthī (Dat.4th), Ekavacana; enclitic; “to you”
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• brahman: O Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana
• Role: Sambodhana (address)
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)

• iti: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Quotative particle
• Role: Vākyārtha-dyotaka
• Root: iti (अव्यय)

• uktvā: having said
• Type: Verb
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, ल्यबन्त); “having said”
• Role: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)

• antaradhīyata: disappeared
• Type: Verb
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (Imperfect/Past), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; ātmanepada/passive-like usage: “disappeared/was concealed”
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: antar-√dhā (धा धातु)

• bhagavān: the blessed one
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता; subject of implied ‘became/was’)
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)

• api: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Samuccaya/Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (particle: also/even)
• Role: Sambandha (particle)
• Root: api (अव्यय)

• raibhyaḥ: Raibhya
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता; subject of implied ‘became’)
• Root: raibhya (प्रातिपदिक)

• tu: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Virodha/Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (particle: but/indeed)
• Role: Sambandha (particle)
• Root: tu (अव्यय)

• divya-jñāna-samanvitaḥ: endowed with divine knowledge
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; तत्पुरुष-समासः—“दिव्येन ज्ञानेन समन्वितः” (endowed with divine knowledge)
• Role: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण; qualifier of Raibhya)
• Root: divya + jñāna + samanvita (सम्+अन्वि/अन्वि धातु, क्त/कृदन्त as adjective)

Sandhi Notes

• एवमस्त्विति = एवम् अस्तु इति (म्+अ→म)
• ब्रह्मन्नित्युक्त्वा = ब्रह्मन् इति उक्त्वा (न्+इ→न्नि)
• उक्त्वा ऽन्तरधी यत = उक्त्वा अन्तरधीयत (ऽ = अ)
• divyajñāna-samanvitaḥ is a tatpuruṣa compound

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shanta rasaSetting: Sacred meeting place

Speaker

Deva (speaker indicated by 'deva uvāca')

The teaching

Path

Grace And Jnana

Subjects

Dialogue FrameTransmission of KnowledgeNarrative Transition

The Varaha avatara

Aspect

Dialogue

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative device: a divine interlocutor confirms a request or statement (“evam astu”) and then disappears, marking a transition in the transmission of authority and knowledge within the dialogue.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content focuses on a dialogic closure and the characterization of Raibhya as endowed with divine knowledge.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than a direct ethical injunction, the verse emphasizes epistemic authority—divine affirmation and the presence of divinely grounded knowledge (divyajñāna) as a legitimizing basis for subsequent teaching or narration.