Varaha Purana 2.64: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 64

Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative

Devanagari script

सर्वं दृष्ट्वैव मे राजन् कुमार्यापहृतं क्षणात् । ततोऽहं विस्मयार्विष्टश्चिन्ताशोकसमन्वितः ॥ २.६३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 2.64

Transliteration

sarvaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva me rājan kumāryā apahṛtaṃ kṣaṇāt | tato 'haṃ vismayārviṣṭaś cintāśokasamanvitaḥ || 2.63 ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา ครั้นข้าพเจ้าเห็นทุกสิ่งแล้ว ก็ทราบว่านางพรหมจารีถูกลักพาไปในชั่วขณะ จากนั้นข้าพเจ้าถูกความพิศวงครอบงำ พร้อมด้วยความกังวลและความโศกเศร้า

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Word by Word

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (accusative singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having seen)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphasis)

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (genitive/dative singular) सर्वनाम; here possessive

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन (vocative singular)

• kumāryāḥ: of the maiden
• kumāryāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन (genitive singular)

• apahṛtam: was taken away/abducted
• apahṛtam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-hṛ (धातु) → apahṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; agrees with sarvam (object)

• kṣaṇāt: in an instant/from a moment
• kṣaṇāt: Apādāna (अपादान/Ablative-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन (ablative singular)

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon/then)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचन (nominative singular) सर्वनाम

• vismaya-ārviṣṭaḥ: overcome with astonishment
• vismaya-ārviṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक) + ā-viṣ (धातु) → ārviṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (vismayena ārviṣṭaḥ = seized by astonishment)

• cintā-śoka-samanvitaḥ: filled with anxiety and sorrow
• cintā-śoka-samanvitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cintā (प्रातिपदिक) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-anv-i (धातु) → samanvita (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (cintāśokena samanvitaḥ = accompanied by anxiety and grief)

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Philology
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: reporting events to a royal interlocutor (rājan), using concise emotional descriptors to frame the ethical and social stakes of the episode.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions as a narrative transition describing an abduction and the speaker’s reaction.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, the verse foregrounds the social gravity of abduction and the duty of attentive response by authority figures, conveyed through the speaker’s shock, anxiety, and grief.