Varaha Purana 75.5: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 5

Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure

Devanagari script

अचिन्त्याः खलु ये भावाः न तांस्तर्केण साधयेत् । प्रकृतिभ्यः परं यच्च तदचिन्त्यं विभाव्यते ॥ ७५.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.5

Transliteration

acintyāḥ khalu ye bhāvā na tāṁs tarkeṇa sādhayet | prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṁ yac ca tad acintyaṁ vibhāvyate || 75.5 ||

Translation

నిజంగా అచింత్యమైన తత్త్వాలను కేవలం తర్కంతో స్థాపించరాదు; ప్రకృతులకతీతమైనది అచింత్యమని భావించబడుతుంది।

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Word by Word

• acintyāḥ: inconceivable
• acintyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता) — bhāvāḥ-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-cintya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √cint (धातु))
• Form: Puṁliṅga (masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (plural); kta/ya-pratyaya: -tya (gerundive/योग्यतार्थक), with privative a-

• khalu: indeed
• khalu: Sambandha/Prayojaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: khalu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), emphasis/indeed

• ye: which
• ye: Karta (कर्ता) — bhāvāḥ-viśeṣaṇa (relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Prathamā (nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana; relative pronoun

• bhāvāḥ: entities/things; states
• bhāvāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Prathamā (nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Pratiṣedha-nipāta (negative particle)

• tān: those
• tān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Dvitīyā (accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana

• tarkeṇa: by reasoning/logic
• tarkeṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tarka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Tṛtīyā (instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana

• sādhayet: one should establish/prove
• sādhayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sādh (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (optative), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; causative not intended here

• prakṛtibhyaḥ: from the natures/prakṛtis
• prakṛtibhyaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Pañcamī vibhakti (ablative, 5th), Bahuvacana

• param: beyond/superior
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga (neuter), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (nom./acc.), Ekavacana; used predicatively with yat

• yat: that which
• yat: Karta (कर्ता) — vibhāvyate (relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Prathamā (nominative, 1st), Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avayava (conjunction)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (कर्ता) — vibhāvyate
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Prathamā (nominative, 1st), Ekavacana; correlative pronoun

• acintyam: inconceivable
• acintyam: Karmadhāraya-predicative (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-cintya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √cint (धातु))
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (nom./acc.), Ekavacana; gerundive -tya with a-

• vibhāvyate: is contemplated/considered
• vibhāvyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√bhū (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (present), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; passive sense: ‘is considered/understood’

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Sanskrit
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Indian Philosophy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic and broader Sanskrit intellectual stance that logical inference (tarka) has limits, especially regarding metaphysical claims, aligning the text with classical Indian debates on valid means of knowledge (pramāṇa).

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it is a general philosophical statement about knowledge and the inconceivable.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse advises intellectual restraint: do not force proof of what is described as 'inconceivable' through reasoning alone, and recognize that what transcends material nature (prakṛti) is categorized as beyond conceptual grasp.