Varaha Purana 150.22: Adhyaya 150, Shloka 22

The Sacred Greatness of Sānandūra

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणा समनुज्ञातो मम लोकं च गच्छति ॥ तत्राश्चर्यं महाभागे रम्ये ब्रह्मसरे शृणु ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 150.22

Transliteration

brahmaṇā samanujñāto mama lokaṃ ca gacchati || tatrāścaryaṃ mahābhāge ramye brahmasare śṛṇu

Translation

เมื่อได้รับอนุญาตโดยพระพรหมแล้ว เขาย่อมไปสู่โลกของเราเช่นกัน บัดนี้ โอ้ผู้มีบุญยิ่ง จงฟังอัศจรรย์ในพรหมสระอันรื่นรมย์นั้น

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Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Kartr-karana (कर्तृ-करण / agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg.)

• समनुज्ञातः: permitted/authorized
• समनुज्ञातः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अनु-√ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); ‘having been permitted/approved’; उपसर्गाः सम् + अनु

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Gen. 6), एकवचन (sg.); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Pres.), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• आश्चर्यम्: a wonder/marvel
• आश्चर्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.)

• महाभागे: O fortunate one
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Voc.), एकवचन (sg.), पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग-सम्भव (address form); कर्मधारयः ‘महान् भागः यस्य/या’ (fortunate one)

• रम्ये: in the delightful (place)
• रम्ये: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (Loc. 7), एकवचन (sg.), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.); विशेषण ब्रह्मसरे-शब्दस्य

• ब्रह्म-सरे: in Brahma’s lake
• ब्रह्म-सरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), एकवचन (sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘ब्रह्मणः सरः’

• शृणु: hear/listen
• शृणु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It highlights inter-deity authorization motifs and the didactic address to the inquirer, illustrating Purāṇic pedagogical style and cosmological hierarchy.

Which geographic location is identified?

Brahma-saras is explicitly named again, described as ramya (“delightful/beautiful”).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Respect for order and authorization (permission) as a principle of ritual-cosmological narrative, reinforcing disciplined rather than impulsive engagement.