Varaha Purana 151.69: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 69

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मलोकं समासाद्य ब्रह्मणा सह मोदते ॥ अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणानहङ्कारविवर्जितः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.69

Transliteration

brahmalokaṃ samāsādya brahmaṇā saha modate || athātra muñcate prāṇānahaṅkāravivarjitaḥ

Translation

ครั้นบรรลุพรหมโลกแล้ว เขาย่อมปีติยินดีร่วมกับพระพรหมา จากนั้น ณ ที่นี้ เมื่อปราศจากอหังการ เขาย่อมปล่อยลมหายใจแห่งชีวิตลง

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Word by Word

• brahma-lokam: Brahma-world (Brahmaloka)
• brahma-lokam: Karma (कर्म) / goal with samāsādya
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (brahmaṇaḥ lokaḥ)

• sam-āsādya: having reached
• sam-āsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√sad (सद्/षद् गत्युपसर्गेण ‘to reach’ धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त), indeclinable verbal form; expresses prior action ‘having reached’

• brahmaṇā: with Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Sahakāraka/Instrumental of association (सह/साकं-भाव) with saha
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Prepositional indeclinable (सहार्थक अव्यय) governing instrumental

• modate: rejoices
• modate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mud (मुद् हर्षे धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, Present), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• atha: then
• atha: Anukrama (अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/adverb (निपात/क्रियाविशेषण) indicating sequence

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• muñcate: releases / gives up
• muñcate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच् मोचने धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, Present), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• prāṇān: life-breaths / vital airs
• prāṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ahaṅkāra-vivarjitaḥ: devoid of ego
• ahaṅkāra-vivarjitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of implied subject (naraḥ/saḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ahaṅkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (कृदन्त; vi-√vṛj/√varj वर्जने धातु)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); compound: ahaṅkāreṇa vivarjitaḥ / ahaṅkārasya vivarjitaḥ (sense: devoid of ego)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Sanskrit Philosophy
• Purāṇa Studies
• Pilgrimage Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic soteriological geography—linking ethical-ritual discipline to cosmological destinations—useful for comparative study across Purāṇas.

Which geographic location is identified?

Brahmaloka is a cosmological realm rather than a terrestrial site; ‘here’ refers back to the tīrtha setting described in the chapter.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The explicit ethical emphasis is ego-transcendence (ahaṅkāra-vivarjita), presented as a key disposition accompanying the practice.