Varaha Purana 121.8: Adhyaya 121, Shloka 8

Avoidance of Rebirth in the Womb: Ethical Conduct and the Prevention of Degraded Rebirth

Devanagari script

यो वियोनिं न गच्छेत मम कर्मपरायणः ॥ जीवहिंसानिवृत्तस्तु सर्वभूतहितः शुचिः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 121.8

Transliteration

yo viyoniṃ na gaccheta mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || jīvahiṃsā-nivṛttas tu sarvabhūta-hitaḥ śuciḥ

Translation

Wer meiner vorgeschriebenen Handlungsdisziplin ergeben ist, fällt nicht in einen unheilvollen Schoß; vom Verletzen lebender Wesen abgewandt, allen Geschöpfen zum Heil und rein.

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Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम)

• viyoniṃ: unnatural womb/illicit sexual course
• viyoniṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viyoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• gaccheta: should go
• gaccheta: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: Optative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun

• karma-parāyaṇaḥ: devoted to (my) prescribed duties
• karma-parāyaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: karma (कर्मन् प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (परायण प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: कर्मणि परायणः); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• jīva-hiṃsā-nivṛttaḥ: refrained from violence to living beings
• jīva-hiṃsā-nivṛttaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jīva (जीव प्रातिपदिक) + hiṃsā (हिंसा प्रातिपदिक) + nivṛtta (निवृत्त कृदन्त)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (जīvahiṃsāyāḥ nivṛttaḥ = abstained from harming living beings); nivṛtta = past passive participle (क्त, PPP) from ni-√vṛt (वृत्/वर्त् धातु); Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), adversative/emphatic

• sarva-bhūta-hitaḥ: beneficial to all beings
• sarva-bhūta-hitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (भूत प्रातिपदिक) + hita (हित प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (सर्वेषां भूतानां हितः = beneficial to all beings; genitive relation); Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (शुचि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Non-violence (Ahiṃsā)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic moral instruction that aligns social-ethical behavior (especially non-harm) with karmic outcomes, a recurring theme in Dharma discourse across early medieval Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To abstain from harming living beings and to act for the welfare of all creatures, framed as conduct influencing the quality of rebirth.