Varaha Purana 7.6: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 6

The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu

Gadādhara

Devanagari script

तत्रापि रथपञ्चाभं विमानं सूर्यसन्निभम् । युगपद् ब्रह्मभुवनं व्याप्नुवन्तं ददर्श सः ॥ ७.६ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 7.6

Transliteration

tatrāpi rathapañcābhaṃ vimānaṃ sūryasannibham | yugapad brahmabhuvanaṃ vyāpnuvantaṃ dadarśa saḥ || 7.6 ||

Translation

وہاں بھی اُس نے پانچ گونہ درخشندگی سے تاباں، آفتاب کے مانند ایک وِمان دیکھا؛ اور اسے ایک ہی وقت میں برہما کے لوک کو محیط کرتے ہوئے پایا۔

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deshadhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (also/even)

• रथपञ्चाभम्: having the appearance of five chariots
• रथपञ्चाभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथ + पञ्च + आभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘विमानम्’ इत्यस्य; तत्पुरुष-समास (रथ-पञ्च-आभ = five-chariot-like/with five chariots in appearance)

• विमानम्: a celestial car/aircraft
• विमानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सूर्यसन्निभम्: resembling the sun
• सूर्यसन्निभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य + सन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘विमानम्’ इत्यस्य; तत्पुरुष-समास (सूर्य-सन्निभ = sun-like)

• युगपत्: simultaneously
• युगपत्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: युगपत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (simultaneously)

• ब्रह्मभुवनम्: Brahmā’s world (Brahmaloka)
• ब्रह्मभुवनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्मणः भुवनम्)

• व्याप्नुवन्तम्: pervading/covering
• व्याप्नुवन्तम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याप् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त/Present active participle), परस्मैपदी; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘विमानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmological narration, using vivid celestial-vehicle imagery (vimāna) to situate the story within a multi-tiered universe that includes brahmabhuvana (Brahmā’s realm).

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific terrestrial site is named in this verse; the reference is cosmological (brahmabhuvana) rather than a clearly mappable earthly location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical function is to expand cosmological perspective through imagery of vastness and pervasion, not to issue a direct ethical rule.