Varaha Purana 166.7: Adhyaya 166, Shloka 7

The Greatness of the Sacred Pond Called Asikuṇḍa

Devanagari script

तदा किमुक्तमृषिणा नारदेन पितुः कृते ॥ आनृण्यमिति यद्वाक्यं मया बुद्धं न किञ्चन ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 166.7

Transliteration

tadā kim uktam ṛṣiṇā nāradena pituḥ kṛte || ānṛṇyam iti yad vākyaṁ mayā buddhaṁ na kiñcana ||

Translation

„Was also hat der Weise Nārada über meinen Vater gesagt? Was das Wort ‚ānṛṇya‘—Freiheit von Schuld und Verpflichtung—betrifft, habe ich nichts davon verstanden.“

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Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun)

• uktam: said
• uktam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘उक्त’ = said

• ṛṣiṇā: by the sage
• ṛṣiṇā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• nāradena: by Nārada
• nāradena: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् ‘ऋषिणा’

• pituḥ: of (your) father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• kṛte: for (the sake of)
• kṛte: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृते इति हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (postposition-like indeclinable), ‘for the sake of’

• ānṛṇyam: freedom from debt/obligation
• ānṛṇyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānṛṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• iti: thus/“…”
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रत्याहार-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• yat: which
• yat: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम, ‘वाक्यम्’ विशेषणम्

• vākyam: statement/word
• vākyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• buddham: understood
• buddham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: budh (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘understood/known’

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

• kiñcana: anything
• kiñcana: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiñcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित/अल्पार्थक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

Speaker

Varāha (narrating the king’s speech)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Sanskrit Ethics Vocabulary
• Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows technical ethical vocabulary entering a courtly setting, indicating how dharma concepts were expected to be interpreted and acted upon.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named; the verse is a dialogue moment about meaning.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

When a moral term is unclear, one should seek explanation rather than act blindly—ethical action is tied to understanding.