Essay name: Purana Bulletin
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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.
Purana, Volume 12, Part 1 (1970)
179 (of 240)
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Jan., 1970] INTERPRETATION OF 'TATO JAYAM UDIRAYET 155
by the etymology '啶溹く啶む啶さ啶苦う啷嵿く啶距ぎ啶ㄠ啶� [箩补测补迟测补惫颈诲测腻尘补苍别苍补] ' (Harivam艣a, Nilakantha comm.).
And so in course of time this stanza found its place at the beginn-
ing of a number of the Pur膩峁嘺s also.
So, if traditionally the word 'jaya' has also been taken as
denoting such works as the Mah膩bh膩rata and the Pur膩峁嘺s which
according to the Vis峁噓-Pur膩峁嘺 are nothing but the forms of the
艣abda (word or sound) 1, then the expression '啶溹く啶啶︵啶班く啷囙い啷� [箩补测补尘耻诲墨谤补测别迟] ' like
'啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶啶︵啶班く啶ㄠ [尘补苍迟谤补尘耻诲墨谤补测补苍] ' (Yaj, 1.136, quoted by S. Levi himself as mentioned
above) is also correct and may be interpreted as - 啶溹く啶� 啶溹く啶膏啶溹啶炧 啶す啶距き啶距ぐ啶�-
啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶︵た啶椸啶班え啷嵿ぅ啶 啶夃う啷�啶班く啷囙う啷� 啶夃啷嵿啶距ぐ啶啶む 啶啷囙い啷�.
[jaya峁� jayasa峁僯帽a峁� mah膩bh膩rata-
pur膩峁嚹乨igrantham ud墨rayed ucc膩rayet pa峁環et.
] Then again, the verb '啶夃う啷�啶班く啷囙い啷� [耻诲墨谤补测别迟] ' in the expression '啶むい啷� 啶溹く啶啶︵啶班く啷囙い啷� [tato 箩补测补尘耻诲墨谤补测别迟] '
is in the singular form of the potential mood ( 啶掂た啶оた啶侧た啶權), [惫颈诲丑颈濒颈峁�), ] and this
grammatical form fits well in this interpretation, which is also
supported by Nilakantha; but Prof. Sylvain Levi translates this
expression as 'who make victory to come forth', thus taking the verb
'啶夃う啷�啶班く啷囙い啷� [耻诲墨谤补测别迟] ' as if it were equal to its plural form of the present tense
( 啶侧啷� ) [la峁� ) ] '啶夃う啷�啶班く啶ㄠ啶むた [耻诲墨谤补测补苍迟颈] '. His interpretation, therefore, is neither supported
by the tradition nor by the grammatical form of the verb '啶夃う啷�啶班く啷囙い啷� [耻诲墨谤补测别迟] '.
The following 艣lokas of the Kurma-Pura峁嘺 also lend support
to the traditional interpretation of this benedictory stanza :-
啶啷囙う啷� 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶侧く啷� 啶膏啶ㄠぞ啶む啶掂ぞ 啶ㄠう啷�啶む啶班啶粪 啶氞啶� 啶灌た 啷�
啶ㄠぞ啶班ぞ啶ぃ啶� 啶ㄠぎ啶膏啶曕啶む啶� 啶ぞ啶掂啶� 啶啶班啶粪啶む啶むぎ啶 啷� ( [pa峁環ed dev膩laye sn膩tv膩 nad墨t墨re峁 caiva hi |
n膩r膩ya峁嘺峁� namask峁泃ya bh膩vena puru峁ttamam || (] I. 53.33)
啶ㄠぎ啶膏啶曕啶む啶� 啶灌ぐ啶苦 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶� 啶溹啶︵啶啶ㄠた啶� 啶膏え啶距い啶ㄠぎ啷� 啷�
啶呧ぇ啷嵿く啷囙い啶掂啶ぎ啶苦う啶� 啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班 啶曕啶粪啶｀う啷嵿さ啷堗お啶距く啶ㄠ 啶むぅ啶� 啷� ( [namask峁泃ya hari峁� vi峁ａ箛u峁� jagadyoni峁� san膩tanam |
adhyetavyamida峁� 艣膩stra峁� k峁涐梗峁嘺dvaip膩yana峁� tath膩 || (] II. 46.39)
啶むぅ啷堗さ 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ざ啷嵿 啶多た啶掂ぇ啶班啶ぞ啶多啶氞た 啶多ぞ啶多啶掂い啶距 啷�
啶溹く啷囙い啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶む啶粪ぞ啶� 啶� 啶啶班さ啶︵え啷嵿い啶� 啶え啷�啶粪た啶｀ 啷�
[tathaiva vi峁ａ箛udharm膩艣ca 艣ivadharm膩艣ci 艣膩艣vat膩岣� |
jayeti n膩ma te峁Ｄ佱箖 ca pravadanti man墨峁峁嘺岣� ||
] 1. Visnu Pur膩na I. 22. 83-85 :
啶嬥啷� 啶啷傕啶粪た 啶膏ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠた 啶むぅ啷堗さ啶距ぅ啶班啶掂ぃ啶距え啶� 啶掂 啷�
啶囙い啶苦す啶距じ啷嬥お啶掂啶︵ぞ啶多啶� 啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶粪 啶むぅ啷嬥啷嵿い啶 啷�
啶掂啶︵ぞ啶權啶椸ぞ啶ㄠた 啶膏ぎ啶膏啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啶え啷嵿さ啶距う啶苦啶︵た啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啶� 啷�
啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班ぞ啶｀啶ざ啷囙し啶距ぃ啷嵿く啶距啷嵿く啶距え啶距え啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶掂ぞ啶曕ぞ啶多啶� 啶 啶曕啶掂啶苦い啷� 啷�
啶曕ぞ啶掂啶ぞ啶侧ぞ啶ぞ啶多啶� 啶 啶曕啶氞た啶︵ 啶椸啶む啶距え啷嵿く啶栢た啶侧ぞ啶ㄠた 啶� 啷�
啶多が啷嵿う啶啶班啶む啶むた啶оぐ啶膏啶啶むう啷� 啶掂お啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啶苦し啷嵿ぃ啷嬥ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶灌ぞ啶む啶え啶� ||
- [峁沜o yaj奴峁冡梗i s膩m膩ni tathaiv膩tharva峁嚹乶i vai |
itih膩sopaved膩艣ca ved膩nte峁 tathoktaya岣� ||
ved膩峁単膩ni samast膩ni manv膩digadit膩ni ca |
艣膩str膩峁噛a艣e峁Ｄ佱箛y膩khy膩n膩nyanuv膩k膩艣ca ye kvacit ||
k膩vy膩l膩p膩艣ca ye kecid g墨tak膩nyakhil膩ni ca |
艣abdam奴rttidharasyaitad vapurvi峁ａ箛ormah膩tmana岣� ||
-] A. S. Gupta
