Varaha Purana 144.45: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 45

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Devanagari script

स्वां योगमायामाविश्य कर्तृत्वं प्राप्तवानसि ॥ प्रकृत्या सृज्यमानेऽस्मिन्द्रष्टा साक्षी निगद्यते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.45

Transliteration

svāṃ yogamāyām āviśya kartṛtvaṃ prāptavān asi || prakṛtyā sṛjyamāne ’smind draṣṭā sākṣī nigadyate ||

Translation

เมื่อพระองค์ทรงเข้าสู่โยคมายาของพระองค์เอง ก็ทรงรับภาวะแห่งความเป็นผู้กระทำไว้ แต่เมื่อการสร้างสรรค์ดำเนินไปโดยปรกฤติ พระองค์ทรงถูกกล่าวว่าเป็นผู้เห็นและเป็นสักขีพยาน

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Word by Word

• स्वाम्: one’s own
• स्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• योगमायाम्: yogic māyā / divine illusion
• योगमायाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगमाया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—योगस्य माया (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• आविश्य: having entered
• आविश्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having entered’

• कर्तृत्वम्: agency / doership
• कर्तृत्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्तवान्: having attained
• प्राप्तवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्—क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (Perfect participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having obtained’

• असि: you are
• असि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रकृत्या: by/through Prakṛti (nature)
• प्रकृत्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सृज्यमाने: in (this) being created
• सृज्यमाने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कालिक कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (Present passive participle), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नपुंसक/पुं-समन्वयः (सप्तमी-एकवचन)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• द्रष्टा: the seer
• द्रष्टा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्—तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (Agent noun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साक्षी: witness
• साक्षी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निगद्यते: is said / is called
• निगद्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-गद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default, inquirer voice addressing Viṣṇu/Varāha)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sāṃkhya-Vedānta interface
• Purāṇic Dialogue

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of metaphysical vocabulary—agency (kartṛtva), Prakṛti-driven creation, and the witness (sākṣī)—common to late-classical Sanskrit philosophical discourse.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is doctrinal (creation and witnessing).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

An implied philosophical instruction: distinguish between apparent agency in the world and the deeper stance of witnessing, encouraging reflective restraint rather than impulsive doership.