Varaha Purana 39.60: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 60

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

Devanagari script

यदि वक्त्रसहस्राणि भवन्ति मम सुव्रत । आयुश्च ब्रह्मणस्तुल्यं भवेद्यदि महाव्रत ॥ ३९.६० ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 39.60

Transliteration

yadi vaktrasahasrāṇi bhavanti mama suvrata | āyuś ca brahmaṇas tulyaṃ bhaved yadi mahāvrata || 39.60 ||

Translation

噢，善持戒者（suvrata），纵使我有千口，纵使我的寿命等同于梵天（Brahmā）之寿，噢，具大誓者——

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Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त/सम्भावनासूचक (conditional particle)

• वक्त्र-सहस्राणि: thousands of mouths
• वक्त्र-सहस्राणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (‘वक्त्राणां सहस्राणि’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भवन्ति: exist, become
• भवन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative); प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (are/become)

• मम: my
• मम: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (‘सुन्दरं व्रतम् यस्य’); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• आयुः: lifespan
• आयुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• तुल्यम्: equal
• तुल्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; आयुः इति विशेषणम् (equal)

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (would be/should be)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (if)

• महाव्रत: O great-vowed one
• महाव्रत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (‘महद् व्रतम् यस्य’); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default, per dialogue framework; not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Discourse
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Poetics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic rhetorical strategy—hyperbolic conditions (many mouths, Brahmā-like lifespan) used to frame the limits or magnitude of what can be expressed, reflecting classical Sanskrit oral-aural literary culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions as a rhetorical preface rather than a site-description.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse addresses a disciplined interlocutor (suvrata/mahāvrata), foregrounding the value of vow-based self-regulation; the ethical emphasis is on disciplined conduct as the context for receiving instruction.