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Varaha Purana 167.6: Adhyaya 167, Shloka 6

The Glory of the Viśrānti Tīrtha and the Account of a Rākṣasa’s Liberation

पापाचाररतो नित्यं पापसङ्गः सुदुर्मतिः ॥ गार्हस्थ्यधर्ममाश्रित्य मोहितो वर्त्तते सदा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 167.6

pāpācārarato nityaṃ pāpasaṅgaḥ sudurmatiḥ || gārhasthyadharmam āśritya mohito varttate sadā ||

„Stets dem sündhaften Wandel ergeben, in schlechter Gesellschaft und von äußerst geringem Urteilsvermögen, lebte er — verblendet — weiter, indem er sich unter dem Vorwand der ‘Dharma des Hausstandes’ verbarg.“

पाप-आचार-रतःengaged in sinful conduct
पाप-आचार-रतः:
विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक) + आचार (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (पापे आचारे रतः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
काल (Kāla/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)
पाप-सङ्गःone who keeps sinful company / sinful association
पाप-सङ्गः:
कर्ता/विशेष्य (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (पापस्य सङ्गः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सु-दुर्मतिःvery evil-minded
सु-दुर्मतिः:
कर्ता/विशेष्य (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुर्मति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (अतिशयेन दुर्मतिः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
गार्हस्थ्य-धर्मम्the householder’s dharma
गार्हस्थ्य-धर्मम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootगार्हस्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (गार्हस्थ्यस्य धर्मः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
आश्रित्यhaving resorted to
आश्रित्य:
पूर्वकाल (Pūrvakāla/Anterior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ-√श्रि (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), 'having resorted to'
मोहितःdeluded
मोहितः:
विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
वर्त्ततेconducts himself / behaves
वर्त्तते:
क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
सदाalways
सदा:
काल (Kāla/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय

Varāha

D
Dharma Discourse
P
Purāṇic Ethics
Ā
Āśrama System
C
Classical Literature

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It evidences a discourse where the āśrama system is treated as an ethical framework that can be upheld or misappropriated.

No location is specified in this verse.

Householder status is not itself a moral guarantee; ethical value depends on conduct (ācāra) and associations (saṅga).

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