Varaha Purana 74.7: Adhyaya 74, Shloka 7

Measures of the Earth and the Cosmos: The Expansion of the Universe and the Division of Continents and Regions

Devanagari script

तेषां वंशप्रसूत्याऽऽ तु भुक्तेयं भारती प्रजा । कृतत्रेतादियुक्त्या तु युगाख्या ह्येकसप्ततिः ॥ ७४.७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 74.7

Transliteration

teṣāṃ vaṃśaprasūtyā tu bhukteyaṃ bhāratī prajā | kṛtatretādiyuktyā tu yugākhyā hy ekasaptatiḥ || 74.7 ||

Translation

ด้วยการสืบเผ่าพันธุ์ของพวกเขา ประชาชาวภารตะนี้จึงดำรงอยู่ได้ และด้วยการจัดวางกฤตะ ตเรตา และยุคอื่น ๆ จึงกล่าวว่าการนับชื่อยุค (ยุกะ) มีจำนวนเจ็ดสิบเอ็ด

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Word by Word

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vaṃśa-prasūtyā: by (their) lineage-propagation
• vaṃśa-prasūtyā: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + prasūti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष (वंशस्य प्रसूतिः)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• bhuktā: was enjoyed/ruled
• bhuktā: Kriyā (क्रियाविशेषण/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with prajā; sense ‘enjoyed/ruled’

• iyam: this
• iyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• bhāratī: of Bhārata (Indian)
• bhāratī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāratī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with prajā

• prajā: people/subjects
• prajā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• kṛta-tretā-ādi-yuktyā: by the arrangement of Kṛta, Tretā, etc. (yugas)
• kṛta-tretā-ādi-yuktyā: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + tretā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + yukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; तत्पुरुष (कृतत्रेतादीनां युक्तिः/क्रमः)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• yuga-ākhyā: the designation ‘yuga’
• yuga-ākhyā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (युगस्य आख्या/संज्ञा)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (हेतौ/निश्चये निपात)

• eka-saptatiḥ: seventy-one
• eka-saptatiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa/Predicate (विशेषण/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + saptati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; द्विगु (एक + सप्ततिः = 71)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaishnavism
• Indic Historiography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic method of linking social continuity (prajā sustained through lineage) with cosmological chronology (the sequencing and naming of yugas), a common historiographical strategy in Sanskrit narrative literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

Bhārata (Bhārata-varṣa) is referenced as a cultural-geographical region; in scholarly usage it broadly corresponds to the Indian subcontinent as conceptualized in Purāṇic geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction about continuity: communities endure through responsible succession (vaṃśaprasūti) within an ordered framework of time (yuga-krama).