Varaha Purana 116.33: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 33

An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering

Devanagari script

यस्य चित्तं न गच्छेतु ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ॥ मौक्तिकादीनि रत्नानि तथैव कनकानि च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 116.33

Transliteration

yasya cittaṃ na gacchet tu tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || mauktikādīni ratnāni tathaiva kanakāni ca ||

Translation

Wessen Geist nicht abschweift—was könnte heilsamer zum Wohlergehen sein als das? Perlen und andere Edelsteine, ebenso auch Gold, gehören zu den Dingen, die ihn anziehen können.

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Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• cittam: mind
• cittam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• gacchet: should go / would go
• gacchet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tu: but / indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• tataḥ: than that
• tataḥ: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान-अर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोग (ablatival adverb)

• saukhyataram: more pleasant
• saukhyataram: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saukhyatara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण

• nu: indeed?/then?
• nu: Prashna-nipata (प्रश्न-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• mauktika-ādīni: pearls and the like
• mauktika-ādīni: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mauktika (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: मौक्तिकं आदिः येषाम् (beginning with pearls)

• ratnāni: gems
• ratnāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tathā: thus / likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus/so)

• eva: indeed / just
• eva: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• kanakāni: gold (pieces)
• kanakāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samucchaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Sanskrit Material Lexicon

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides lexical evidence for valuables (pearls, jewels, gold) in Sanskrit discourse and frames them within an ethical psychology of temptation and restraint.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To cultivate steadiness of mind and resist being led astray by attractive material objects.