Varaha Purana 13.34: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 34

The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times

Devanagari script

एष ते पैतृकः सर्ग उद्देशेन महामुने । कथितो नान्त एवास्य वर्षकोट्या हि दृश्यते ॥ १३.३४ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 13.34

Transliteration

eṣa te paitṛkaḥ sarga uddeśena mahāmune | kathito nānta evāsya varṣa-koṭyā hi dṛśyate || 13.34 ||

Translation

ดูก่อนมหามุนี การกำเนิดอันเกี่ยวเนื่องกับบรรพชน (ไพตฤกะ) นี้ได้กล่าวแก่ท่านเพียงโดยสังเขปเท่านั้น; แท้จริงแล้วแม้ผ่านกาลนับสิบล้านปีก็มิอาจเห็นที่สุดของมันได้.

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Word by Word

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular

• paitṛkaḥ: ancestral; pertaining to the Pitṛs
• paitṛkaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paitṛka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; qualifies sargaḥ

• sargaḥ: creation/emanation
• sargaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• uddeśena: briefly; by outline
• uddeśena: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uddeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; used adverbially = ‘in brief/by indication’

• mahāmune: O great sage
• mahāmune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; karmadhāraya: mahān muniḥ

• kathitaḥ: has been told
• kathitaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with sargaḥ

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, negation particle (निषेध)

• antaḥ: end/limit
• antaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle

• asya: of this/of it
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (6th), Singular

• varṣa-koṭyā: by (even) a crore of years
• varṣa-koṭyā: Karana (करण/Measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; tatpuruṣa: varṣāṇāṃ koṭiḥ = ‘a crore of years’; instrumental of measure

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle (हेतु/निपात)

• dṛśyate: is seen/appears
• dṛśyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada, passive sense ‘is seen/appears’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Textual Tradition

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic compositional method: presenting cosmological genealogies in abbreviated form while emphasizing the vastness and near-inexhaustibility of traditional sarga (creation) accounts within long temporal frameworks.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is cosmological scope and the limits of narration rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not issue a direct ethical rule; its philosophical instruction is epistemic humility—acknowledging that cosmic origins and ancestral lineages are too extensive to be fully enumerated, even across immense spans of time.