Varaha Purana 39.64: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 64

Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance

Devanagari script

एवं त्रिंशद्दिनो मासस्ते द्वादश समाः स्मृताः । तेषां शतं ब्रह्मणस्तु आयुर्नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥ ३९.६४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 39.64

Transliteration

evaṁ triṁśaddino māsas te dvādaśa samāḥ smṛtāḥ | teṣāṁ śataṁ brahmaṇas tu āyur nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ || 39.64 ||

Translation

یوں مہینہ تیس دنوں کا سمجھا گیا ہے، اور ایسے بارہ مہینے ایک سال ہیں۔ ایسے سالوں کے سو برس برہما کی عمر ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

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Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• triṁśat-dinaḥ: having thirty days
• triṁśat-dinaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: triṁśat (संख्याशब्द) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः; विशेषण (qualifying māsaḥ)

• māsaḥ: month
• māsaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• dvādaśa: twelve
• dvādaśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत्/अविकारी; (here: number of years)

• samāḥ: years
• samāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• smṛtāḥ: are remembered/considered
• smṛtāḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (स्मृ धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (te samāḥ)

• teṣām: of those
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक/विरोधार्थक निपात

• āyuḥ: lifespan
• āyuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• atra: here; in this matter
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• saṁśayaḥ: doubt
• saṁśayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṁśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic kāla-nirūpaṇa (time-reckoning), a traditional didactic framework used to relate human calendrical units to larger cosmological lifespans such as that of Brahmā.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified in this verse; its focus is calendrical and cosmological measurement rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction about orderly knowledge of time and cosmic scale, emphasizing clarity and certainty (“no doubt”) in the transmitted schema.