Varaha Purana 5.6: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 6

Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa

Devanagari script

चाक्षुषस्य मनोः काले ब्रह्मणोऽन्वयवर्धनः । वसुश्च ब्रह्मणः सद्म गतवान्स्तद्दिदृक्षया ॥ ५.६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 5.6

Transliteration

cākṣuṣasya manoḥ kāle brahmaṇo 'nvayavardhanaḥ | vasuś ca brahmaṇaḥ sadma gatavāṃs tad didṛkṣayā || 5.6 ||

Translation

ในสมัยจักษุษมนู อนวยวรรธนะผู้เกื้อหนุนสายวงศ์แห่งพรหมา และวสุ ได้ไปยังสำนักของพรหมา ด้วยความปรารถนาจะได้เฝ้าดูพระองค์

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Word by Word

• चाक्षुषस्य: of Cākṣuṣa
• चाक्षुषस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाक्षुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); विशेष्य: मनोः

• मनोः: of Manu
• मनोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• काले: in the time (reign/period)
• काले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• अन्वयवर्धनः: the increaser of the lineage
• अन्वयवर्धनः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वय-वर्धन (प्रातिपदिक); वर्ध् (धातु) + ल्युट्/णिच्-सम्भव-नामधातु
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अन्वयस्य वर्धनः)

• वसुः: Vasu
• वसुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

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

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• सद्म: abode, dwelling
• सद्म: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• गतवान्: went / has gone
• गतवान्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्तवतु (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्रियार्थे—'गच्छितवान्' (has gone)

• तत्: that (place/abode)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेष्य: (ब्रह्मणः सद्म) इत्यर्थे

• दिदृक्षया: out of a desire to see
• दिदृक्षया: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + सन् (desiderative) → दिदृक्ष् (धातु) + टाप् (प्रातिपदिक: दिदृक्षा)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); हेतौ (cause/purpose): 'द्रष्टुमिच्छया'

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaishnavism
• Indic Cosmology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a standard Purāṇic technique of situating events within manvantara time (here, Cākṣuṣa Manu), providing a cosmological chronology rather than a strictly historical timeline.

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial geographic site is named; the location is Brahmā’s abode (brahmaṇaḥ sadma), a cosmological setting rather than a mappable place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds an epistemic motive—didṛkṣā, the wish to see/know—framing knowledge-seeking and approach to a teacher/source as a culturally valued philosophical posture.