Varaha Purana 113.35: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 35

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

प्रत्याख्याता भगवता तेनाप्युक्तमिदं वचः ।। नाहं तारयितुं शक्तः सुष्रोणि व्रज माधवम्

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 113.35

Transliteration

pratyākhyātā bhagavatā tenāpy uktam idaṃ vacaḥ || nāhaṃ tārayituṃ śaktaḥ suśroṇi vraja mādhavam

Translation

Ta đã bị Đấng Bhagavān khước từ, và chính Ngài nói lời này: ‘Hỡi người nữ có hông đẹp, ta không thể cứu độ nàng; hãy đến với Mādhava.’

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Word by Word

• pratyākhyātā: (he) was refused/repelled
• pratyākhyātā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-ā-√khyā (धातु) → pratyākhyāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; here used predicatively

• bhagavatā: by the Lord
• bhagavatā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tena: by him/therefore
• tena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि = also/even

• uktam: said/uttered
• uktam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; agrees with 'vacaḥ/idaṃ' in sense

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण of 'vacaḥ' (sense)

• vacaḥ: words/speech
• vacaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; 'speech/words'

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tārayitum: to save/to ferry across
• tārayitum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṝ (धातु) → tārayitum (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), परस्मैपदी-भाव; अर्थ: 'to cause to cross/save'

• śaktaḥ: able/capable
• śaktaḥ: Visheshya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakta (प्रातिपदिक; from √śak)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण of 'aham'

• suśroṇi: O fair-hipped one
• suśroṇi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-śroṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: सु + श्रोणि

• vraja: go
• vraja: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• mādhavam: Mādhava (Vishnu/Krishna)
• mādhavam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī) reporting Brahmā’s response

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Inter-deity Mediation

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows hierarchical narrative routing—authority is distributed, and resolution is deferred to the figure framed as most competent, a common structural device in Purāṇic compilation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is specified; the verse is concerned with divine interlocutors and authority.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Acknowledging limitations and directing the vulnerable toward effective support is presented as a responsible course of action.