Varaha Purana 39.9: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

सत्यतपा उवाच । भगवन् यदि विज्ञानं शरीरं नोपजायते । तदा केन प्रकारेण परं ब्रह्मोपलभ्यते ॥ ३९.९ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 39.9

Transliteration

satyatapā uvāca | bhagavan yadi vijñānaṁ śarīraṁ nopajāyate | tadā kena prakāreṇa paraṁ brahmopalabhyate || 39.9 ||

Translation

Satyatapā thưa: “Bạch Đấng Thế Tôn, nếu thân được cấu thành bởi trí phân biệt không sinh khởi, thì bằng cách nào người ta có thể nhận biết Brahman tối thượng?”

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Word by Word

• satyatapāḥ: Satyatapā
• satyatapāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satyatapā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (speaker name)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• bhagavan: O Lord/Venerable one
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/शर्त-निपात (conditional particle: if)

• vijñānam: knowledge/consciousness
• vijñānam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śarīram: body
• śarīram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समुच्चित-कर्ता (co-subject)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• upajāyate: arises/comes into being
• upajāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• kena: by what/with what
• kena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• prakāreṇa: by what manner/way
• prakāreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• param: supreme
• param: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies brahma)

• brahma: Brahman
• brahma: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• upalabhyate: is attained/realized
• upalabhyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद-रूप

Speaker

Satyatapā

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Sanskrit
• Vedānta-oriented Discourse
• Vaiṣṇavism (textual milieu)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic-style philosophical inquiry into how ultimate reality (Brahman) is known, reflecting the integration of devotional narrative frameworks with classical Indian epistemological and soteriological questions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it is a conceptual question about the means of realizing Brahman.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than an explicit moral rule, the verse advances a philosophical instruction: to examine the conditions and means by which liberating knowledge (realization of Brahman) becomes possible.