Varaha Purana 128.41: Adhyaya 128, Shloka 41

Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia

Devanagari script

धरण्युवाच ॥ त्वद्भक्तेन महाभाग विधिना दीक्षितेन च ॥ तव चिन्तापरेणात्र किं कर्त्तव्यं च माधव

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 128.41

Transliteration

dharaṇy uvāca || tvadbhaktena mahābhāga vidhinā dīkṣitena ca || tava cintāpareṇātra kiṃ karttavyaṃ ca mādhava

Translation

Dharāṇī sprach: „O Glückseliger, durch deinen Verehrer—nach rechter Vorschrift geweiht und hier ganz auf die Betrachtung deiner gerichtet—was ist zu tun, o Mādhava?“

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Word by Word

• dharaṇī: Dharanī (Earth)
• dharaṇī: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; speaker noun

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ lakāra (लिट्; perfect), Prathama puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• tvad-bhaktena: by your devotee
• tvad-bhaktena: Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘your devotee’ in instrumental

• mahābhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (vocative/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; address to the Lord

• vidhinā: by proper rite / according to rule
• vidhinā: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; instrumental

• dīkṣitena: initiated/consecrated
• dīkṣitena: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīkṣita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √dīkṣ)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; agrees with tvad-bhaktena

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti, Ekavacana; genitive

• cintā-pareṇa: intent on (your) contemplation
• cintā-pareṇa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cintā (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘intent on thought (of you)’; qualifies implied ‘bhaktena’

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• kim: what?
• kim: Prashna (प्रश्न/Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; interrogative used with karttavyam

• karttavyam: to be done / should be done
• karttavyam: Vidheyārtha (विधेय/Obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Kṛtya (कृत्य) gerundive in -tavya; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; predicate ‘to be done’

• ca: and
• ca: Sam uccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• mādhava: O Mādhava
• mādhava: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana; address

Speaker

Pṛthivī (Dharāṇī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It frames ritual initiation as regulated by vidhि (procedure), reflecting the institutionalization of devotional practice in Purāṇic-era religious culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No place-name appears in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Practice is presented as accountable to proper method (vidhi) and sincere intention (cintā), not merely to identity or claim.