Varaha Purana 10.32: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 32

The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode

Devanagari script

दुर्जयोऽपि महद्राज्यं हस्त्यश्व रथवाजिभिः । संयोज्य चिन्तयामास राज्यवृद्धिं प्रति प्रभुः ॥ १०.३३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 10.32

Transliteration

durjayo 'pi mahadrājyaṃ hasty-aśva-ratha-vājibhiḥ | saṃyojya cintayāmāsa rājya-vṛddhiṃ prati prabhuḥ || 10.33 ||

Translation

แม้จะพิชิตได้ยาก แต่พระผู้เป็นใหญ่ได้รวบรวมอาณาจักรอันยิ่งใหญ่ด้วยช้าง ม้า รถศึก และทหารม้า แล้วทรงใคร่ครวญถึงการขยายพระราชอาณาเขต

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Word by Word

• दुर्जयः: hard-to-conquer
• दुर्जयः: Visheshya-visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् + जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (दुर्-जयः = ‘hard to conquer’)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Prayojaka-nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (concessive particle ‘even/also’)

• महत्-राज्यम्: a great kingdom
• महत्-राज्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महद् राज्यं = ‘great kingdom’)

• हस्ति-अश्व-रथ-वाजिभिः: with elephants, horses, chariots, and steeds
• हस्ति-अश्व-रथ-वाजिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + रथ (प्रातिपदिक) + वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (elephants, horses, chariots, and steeds)

• संयोज्य: having organized
• संयोज्य: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव; ‘having joined/organized’

• चिन्तयामास: pondered/considered
• चिन्तयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; णिच् (causative stem चिन्तय-) + आमास (periphrastic perfect)

• राज्य-वृद्धिम्: increase of the kingdom
• राज्य-वृद्धिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (राज्यस्य वृद्धिः)

• प्रति: towards/regarding
• प्रति: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्ग-निपात; here: ‘towards/with regard to’

• प्रभुः: the lord/master
• प्रभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Epic-Style Polity
• Cultural History

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a classical South Asian political idiom in which state capacity is described through organized military resources (elephants, horses, chariots), offering evidence for how Purāṇic narratives encode ideas of kingship and governance.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds deliberation and strategic reflection by a ruler regarding the growth of the polity, presenting governance as an activity requiring planning rather than mere force.