Varaha Purana 2.63: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 63

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

Devanagari script

विस्मृतं सर्ववेदाश्च सर्वशास्त्राणि चैव ह । योगशास्त्राणि शिक्षाश्च वेदानां स्मृतयस्तथा ॥ २.६२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 2.63

Transliteration

vismṛtaṃ sarvavedāś ca sarvaśāstrāṇi caiva ha | yogaśāstrāṇi śikṣāś ca vedānāṃ smṛtayas tathā || 2.62 ||

Translation

Tất cả các Veda đều đã bị quên lãng, và mọi luận thư cũng vậy; các luận thư về yoga và môn Śikṣā (khoa ngữ âm) cũng thế, cùng với các Smṛti liên hệ đến Veda nữa.

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Word by Word

• vismṛtam: forgotten
• vismṛtam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-smṛ (धातु) → vismṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/कर्मणि क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; predicative usage (भावे/कर्मणि)

• sarva-vedāḥ: all the Vedas
• sarva-vedāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (all + Vedas)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• sarva-śāstrāṇi: all the śāstras
• sarva-śāstrāṇi: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (all + treatises)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• ha: indeed (particle)
• ha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: स्मरण/विस्मयाद्यर्थक निपात (expletive/particle)

• yoga-śāstrāṇi: treatises on yoga
• yoga-śāstrāṇi: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (yogasya śāstrāṇi)

• śikṣāḥ: phonetics/śikṣā (auxiliary discipline)
• śikṣāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śikṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• vedānām: of the Vedas
• vedānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• smṛtayaḥ: smṛtis/traditions
• smṛtayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (also/likewise)

Speaker

Varāha (default, within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Sanskrit Philology
• Intellectual History

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic motif of cultural amnesia or disruption in the transmission of learned traditions (Veda, śāstra, smṛti), which frames the need for renewed instruction and preservation of knowledge.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; the focus is on the status of textual and disciplinary traditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse implicitly emphasizes the cultural value of safeguarding and restoring learned traditions—Vedic study, disciplined recitation (śikṣā), and associated interpretive/legal memory (smṛti)—as part of responsible stewardship of inherited knowledge.