Varaha Purana 3.26: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 26

Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणोऽङ्गे लयं प्राप्तस्तदुत्पत्तिं च पार्थिव । दिवसे तु पुनः सृष्टो दशभिस्तनयैः सह ॥ ३.२६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 3.26

Transliteration

brahmaṇo 'ṅge layaṃ prāptas tadutpattiṃ ca pārthiva | divase tu punaḥ sṛṣṭo daśabhis tanayaiḥ saha || 3.26 ||

Translation

ดูก่อนปารถิวะ ครั้นเข้าสู่ความสลายในอังคะของพระพรหมแล้ว และได้อุบัติขึ้นอีกครั้ง ในกาลวันของพระพรหม เขาถูกสร้างขึ้นใหม่พร้อมด้วยบุตรสิบคน

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Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā/Brahman
• ब्रह्मणः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• अङ्गे: in the body/limb
• अङ्गे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमीविभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• लयम्: dissolution, absorption
• लयम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीयाविभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• प्राप्तः: attained, reached
• प्राप्तः: कर्ता (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (Past passive participle/क्त), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; ‘having attained’/‘attained’

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable-like use as demonstrative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (contextual)

• उत्पत्तिम्: origin, creation
• उत्पत्तिम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीयाविभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पार्थिव: O king (earthly ruler)
• पार्थिव: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधनविभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• दिवसे: in the day (time)
• दिवसे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमीविभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: again)

• सृष्टः: created
• सृष्टः: कर्ता (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (Past passive participle/क्त), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; ‘created’/‘brought forth’

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: सहकारक/साधन (Instrumental association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीयाविभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (agreeing with tanayaiḥ)

• तनयैः: sons
• तनयैः: सहकारक (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीयाविभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• सह: together with
• सह: सह (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (postposition-like: with)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a standard Purāṇic model of cyclical time where beings dissolve into Brahmā during pralaya and re-emerge during creation, illustrating how cosmology is used as a narrative framework in early medieval Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction emphasizes impermanence and cyclical renewal as a conceptual basis for understanding existence.