Padma Purana [sanskrit]

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The Padma-purana verse 1.3.129 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Padmapurana is a one of the largest of the eighteen Major Puranas containing roughly 50,000 metrical verses. Although popular for its inclusion of the Ramayana and large sections on pilgrimage guides this is also known for its dedication to both Shiva and Vishnu. This is verse 129 contained in chapter 3 of book 1 (सृष्टिखण्ड, sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa).

Verse 1.3.129

पद्भ्यामन्याः प्रजा ब्रह्मा ससर्ज कुरुसत्तम ।
तमःप्रधानास्ताः सर्वाश्चातुर्वर्ण्यमिदं ततः ॥ १२९ ॥

padbhyāmanyāḥ prajā brahmā sasarja kurusattama |
tamaḥpradhānāstāḥ sarvāścāturvarṇyamidaṃ tataḥ || 129 ||

The English translation of Padma Purana Verse 1.3.129 is contained in the book Sri Padma Purana (Sanskrit Text and Hindi Translation) by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.3.129). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pat, Pad, Ani, Anya, Praja, Prajas, Brahma, Kurusattama, Tama, Tamas, Pradhana, Tas, Saru, Sarva, Caturvarnya, Idam, Tatah, Tad, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma Purana Verse 1.3.129). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “padbhyāmanyāḥ prajā brahmā sasarja kurusattama
  • padbhyām -
  • pat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    pat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    pad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
  • anyāḥ -
  • anī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    an (verb class 2)
    [optative active second single]
  • prajā* -
  • praja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prajas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • brahmā -
  • brahmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sasarja -
  • sṛj (verb class 6)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    sarj (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • kurusattama -
  • kurusattama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “tamaḥpradhānāstāḥ sarvāścāturvarṇyamidaṃ tataḥ
  • tamaḥ -
  • tamas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pradhānās -
  • pradhāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pradhānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tāḥ -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sarvāś -
  • saru (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cāturvarṇyam -
  • cāturvarṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Verse 1.3.129

Cover of edition (2007)

Padma Purana (In Six Volumes)
by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office (2007)

Sanskrit Text Only

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Cover of Bengali edition

Padma Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

Set of 7 Volumes

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Preview of verse 1.3.129 in Bengali sript:
পদ্ভ্যামন্যাঃ প্রজা ব্রহ্মা সসর্জ কুরুসত্তম ।
তমঃপ্রধানাস্তাঃ সর্বাশ্চাতুর্বর্ণ্যমিদং ততঃ ॥ ১২৯ ॥

Cover of edition (2015)

Sri Padma Purana (Tamil)
by Azhwargal Aaivu Maiyam, Chennai (2015)

Translated by S. Jagatrakshgan

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Padma Purana in Gujarati
by Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat (0)

[પદમ પુરણ:]

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Preview of verse 1.3.129 in Gujarati sript:
પદ્ભ્યામન્યાઃ પ્રજા બ્રહ્મા સસર્જ કુરુસત્તમ ।
તમઃપ્રધાનાસ્તાઃ સર્વાશ્ચાતુર્વર્ણ્યમિદં તતઃ ॥ ૧૨૯ ॥

Cover of edition (2013)

Padma Mahapurana (Kannada)
by Vijeth Prakashan Gadag, Bangalore (2013)

[ಪದ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣಂ]

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Preview of verse 1.3.129 in Kannada sript:
ಪದ್ಭ್ಯಾಮನ್ಯಾಃ ಪ್ರಜಾ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾ ಸಸರ್ಜ ಕುರುಸತ್ತಮ ।
ತಮಃಪ್ರಧಾನಾಸ್ತಾಃ ಸರ್ವಾಶ್ಚಾತುರ್ವರ್ಣ್ಯಮಿದಂ ತತಃ ॥ ೧೨೯ ॥

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