Varaha Purana 84.5: Adhyaya 84, Shloka 5

Description of the Northern Regions: Ramyaka, Hiraṇmaya, Uttarakuru, Candradvīpa, Sūryadvīpa, and Rudrākara

Devanagari script

एकादशहस्त्राणि समानां तेन जीवते । शतान्यन्यानि जीवन्ते वर्षाणां दश पञ्च च ॥ ८४.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 84.5

Transliteration

ekādaśa-hastrāṇi samānāṃ tena jīvate | śatāny anyāni jīvante varṣāṇāṃ daśa pañca ca || 84.5 ||

Translation

ตามมาตรานั้น (มนุษย์) มีอายุสิบเอ็ดพัน ‘สมะ’ (ปี) ส่วนผู้อื่นมีอายุเพิ่มอีกเป็นร้อยปีหลายช่วง—สิบและห้า คือเพิ่มอีกสิบห้าปี.

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Word by Word

• एकादशहस्त्राणि: eleven thousand(s)
• एकादशहस्त्राणि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; measure of years)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + हस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); द्विगु-समास (एकादश हस्त्राणि = eleven thousands)

• समानााम्: of years
• समानााम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); here in sense 'of years' (समाः = years)

• तेन: by that (amount)
• तेन: Karana (करण/Measure: by that amount)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• जीवते: one lives; (they) live
• जीवते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अन्यानि: other; additional
• अन्यानि: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of 'śatāni')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जीवन्ते: they live
• जीवन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana (विशेषण/Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-शब्दः; here used as numeral (ten) qualifying implied 'śatāni'

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (विशेषण/Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-शब्दः; numeral (five)

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

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Time-Reckoning

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic style of enumerating lifespan through traditional units (e.g., samā/varṣa), reflecting classical Indian interests in cosmological chronology and human longevity as part of broader time-reckoning systems.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is concerned with measures of lifespan/time rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not directly issue an ethical injunction; its philosophical contribution is descriptive—situating human (or beings’) lifespan within a quantified, tradition-based framework of time.