Varaha Purana 10.4: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 4

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

Devanagari script

एवं तोषयतां तेषां बहुवर्षसहस्रिकम् । काले देवस्तदा तुष्टः प्रत्यक्षत्वं जगाम ह ॥ १०.४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 10.4

Transliteration

evaṃ toṣayatāṃ teṣāṃ bahuvarṣasahasrikam | kāle devas tadā tuṣṭaḥ pratyakṣatvaṃ jagāma ha || 10.4 ||

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อพวกเขาบำเพ็ญเพื่อให้พระองค์พอพระทัยตลอดหลายพันปี ครั้นถึงกาลอันควร เทพองค์นั้นก็ทรงพอพระทัยและเสด็จปรากฏโดยตรง

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• तोषयताम्: of those who were pleasing (him)
• तोषयताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle) षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; णिच् (causative) भाव: toṣayat-; ‘of those who were pleasing’

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• बहु-वर्ष-सहस्रिकम्: for many thousands of years
• बहु-वर्ष-सहस्रिकम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण/Extent of time)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + वर्ष + सहस्रिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; काल-परिमाणवाचक विशेषण; (बहूनि वर्षाणि सहस्राणि यस्य/यावत्)

• काले: in time/after a time
• काले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• देवः: the god (Lord)
• देवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta-visheshana (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देवः इत्यस्य विशेषण

• प्रत्यक्षत्वम्: manifest presence/visibility
• प्रत्यक्षत्वम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यक्षत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• जगाम: went/attained
• जगाम: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्मरण/ख्यात्यर्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sacred Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative structure in which prolonged ritual or devotional effort across vast time-scales culminates in a deity’s direct manifestation, illustrating how Purāṇas encode cosmological duration and literary causality.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is framed as a temporal-narrative transition rather than a toponymic (place-identifying) statement.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds the principle of sustained disciplined effort (long-term propitiation or dedicated practice) leading to an outcome, presented as a philosophical instruction about perseverance and moral-intentional continuity.