Varaha Purana 32.6: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 6

Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance

Devanagari script

द्रव्यगुणक्रियाजातिचतुःपादः प्रकीर्तितः । संहितापदक्रमश्चैव त्रिशृङ्गोऽसौ स्मृतो बुधैः ॥ ३२.७ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 32.6

Transliteration

dravyaguṇakriyājāticatuḥpādaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | saṁhitāpadakramaś caiva triśṛṅgo 'sau smṛto budhaiḥ || 32.7 ||

Translation

สิ่งนั้นประกาศว่ามีสี่ส่วนคือ วัตถุ (ทรัพย์), คุณ, กิจ/การกระทำ, และชาติ/ประเภท และบัณฑิตทั้งหลายยังจดจำว่าเป็นผู้มีสามยอดคือ สังหิตา, ปท, และกรมะ

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Word by Word

• dravyaguṇakriyājāti-catuḥpādaḥ: (that) having four feet: substance, quality, action, and class
• dravyaguṇakriyājāti-catuḥpādaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dravya + guṇa + kriyā + jāti + catuḥ-pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); bahuvrīhi: ‘whose four feet are (dravya, guṇa, kriyā, jāti)’

• prakīrtitaḥ: is proclaimed
• prakīrtitaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kīrt (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• saṁhitāpadakramaḥ: (as) saṁhitā, pada, and krama (recitation modes)
• saṁhitāpadakramaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṁhitā + pada + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); dvandva (enumerative): saṁhitā, pada, krama

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• triśṛṅgaḥ: three-horned
• triśṛṅgaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); compound: tri (three) + śṛṅga (horn)

• asau: that one (he)
• asau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• smṛtaḥ: is remembered/called
• smṛtaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• budhaiḥ: by the wise
• budhaiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; instructor voice not explicitly marked in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Sanskrit Linguistics
• Indian Philosophy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a scholastic tendency within Purāṇic literature to incorporate classificatory schemes (padārtha-style categories) and to reference established modes of Vedic textual transmission (saṁhitā, pada, krama), indicating interaction with broader Sanskrit intellectual traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily conceptual and methodological (categorical and recitational).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than an explicit ethical injunction, the verse emphasizes disciplined knowledge-organization and careful textual practice—an implicit philosophical instruction valuing precision in understanding and preserving authoritative discourse.