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Varaha Purana 2.14: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 14

Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative

तावत् तस्य महारोषो ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः। सम्भूय तेन बालः स्यादङ्के रोषात्मसम्भवः॥ २.१४ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 2.14

tāvat tasya mahāroṣo brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ | sambhūya tena bālaḥ syād aṅke roṣātmasaṃbhavaḥ || 2.14 ||

Bấy giờ, cơn đại nộ của Phạm Thiên (Brahmā)—đấng có nguồn gốc vô hiển—kết tụ thành hình; và từ đó xuất hiện một đứa trẻ, ngồi trên lòng Ngài, sinh ra từ chính tinh chất của cơn giận.

tāvatthen; meanwhile
tāvat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Temporal marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottāvat (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; temporal adverb (कालवाचक) ‘then/so long/at that time’
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormPronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
mahāroṣaḥgreat anger
mahāroṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + roṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; कर्मधारय: mahān roṣaḥ ‘great anger’
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā
brahmaṇaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
avyaktajanmanaḥof (him) whose birth is unmanifest
avyaktajanmanaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vyakta + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose birth is unmanifest/unknown’; qualifying brahmaṇaḥ
sambhūyahaving arisen
sambhūya:
Kriya-viseshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootsam + bhū (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त) from √bhū with upasarga sam-; ‘having arisen/come into being’
tenaby him; with him
tena:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormPronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
bālaḥa child
bālaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
syātwould be; might become
syāt:
Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्, Optative), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada
aṅkeon the lap
aṅke:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootaṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
roṣātmasaṃbhavaḥone born from anger
roṣātmasaṃbhavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootroṣa + ātman + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (multi-member): roṣasya ātmanā saṃbhavaḥ / roṣāt saṃbhavaḥ ‘born of anger/anger-natured origin’

Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in the fragment)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sanskrit Cosmology

FAQs

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern in which cosmic beings or forces emerge from Brahmā’s internal states, illustrating early Sanskrit mythic-cosmological models of creation through emanation.

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmogonic and genealogical rather than topographical.

Rather than prescribing conduct directly, the verse presents a philosophical motif: intense mental states (here, wrath) are portrayed as generative forces, inviting reflection on the consequences and potency of inner dispositions.

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