Varaha Purana 137.3: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 3

The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field

Uttara Bhāga · Upākhyāna-colophon (Narrative closure)

Devanagari script

इति गृध्रजम्बूकोपाख्यानं समाप्तम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 137.3

Transliteration

iti gṛdhra-jambūkopākhyānaṁ samāptam

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

ดังนี้ อุปาขยานะ (เรื่องประกอบ) ว่าด้วยแร้งและสุนัขจิ้งจอก จึงสิ้นสุดลง

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Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative/closing particle)
• Role: वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (Discourse marker)
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• गृध्र-जम्बूक-उपाख्यानम्: the tale of the vulture and the jackal
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'गृध्रजम्बूकयोः उपाख्यानम्'
• Role: कर्म/विधेय (Predicate noun; 'is ended')
• Root: गृध्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जम्बूक (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)

• समाप्तम्: finished / concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicate adjective)
• Role: विधेय (Predicate)
• Root: सम् + आप् (धातु) → समाप्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• जम्बूक + उपाख्यानम् → जम्बूकोपाख्यानम् (ऊ + उ → ऊ)

Speaker and setting

Shanta rasaSetting: Forest-assembly (narrative frame)

Speaker

Sūta

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Hermeneutics / narrative-dharma

Subjects

Literary StructureHeritage Narratives

Core idea

Purāṇic instruction is often layered: main dialogue plus subsidiary exempla (upākhyāna) that conclude with formal colophons.

In practice

Read the next section as a new unit; treat the completed tale as an ethical exemplum whose lesson is to be carried into the ensuing discourse.

Cross references

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Manuscript Colophon
• Narrative Framing

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Such closure formulas are important for manuscript segmentation and critical editing, marking boundaries of embedded tales (upākhyānas) within larger Purāṇic chapters.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified; this is a structural/narratological marker.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical instruction is stated; it functions as an editorial conclusion to a didactic episode.