Varaha Purana 180.116: Adhyaya 180, Shloka 116

The Glory of Dhruva-Tīrtha: Rules of Ancestor Libations and Śrāddha, and the Consequences of Lineage-Continuity

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्क्षणे न च कृतं व्रतं जप्यं विमोहनात् ॥ कृपया परिभूतस्य कौतुकॆन निरीक्षता ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 180.116

Transliteration

tasmin kṣaṇe na ca kṛtaṁ vrataṁ japyaṁ vimohanāt || kṛpayā paribhūtasya kautukena nirīkṣatā |

Translation

In jenem Augenblick wurde aus Verblendung weder ein Gelübde eingehalten noch Japa-Rezitation vollzogen; und aus Neugier blickte man auf den Gedemütigten, obwohl Mitgefühl vorhanden war.

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Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) एकवचन; ‘in that’

• क्षणे: moment
• क्षणे: अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) एकवचन; ‘moment’

• न: not
• न: निषेध (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• कृतम्: was done
• कृतम्: क्रिया (कृदन्त-प्रयोग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ: ‘was done/performed’

• व्रतम्: vow, observance
• व्रतम्: कर्म (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन; (with कृतम्)

• जप्यम्: to be recited (as japa)
• जप्यम्: व्रत-विशेषण (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप् (धातु) + यत्/ण्यत् (कृत्)
• Form: भाव्य/gerundive, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘to be recited’ (as duty)

• विमोहनात्: from/owing to delusion
• विमोहनात्: अपादान/हेतु (पञ्चमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमोहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी) एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ: ‘due to delusion’

• कृपया: by compassion
• कृपया: करण (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) एकवचन; साधन/भाव: ‘by compassion’

• परिभूतस्य: of the humiliated one
• परिभूतस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-भू (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन; ‘of one who was insulted/overpowered’

• कौतुकॆन: with curiosity
• कौतुकॆन: करण/हेतु (तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) एकवचन; ‘out of curiosity/with curiosity’

• निरीक्षता: while observing
• निरीक्षता: कर्तृ-करण (तृतीया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ईक्ष् (धातु) + शतृ (कृत्)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; ‘by/while observing’

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Dharma Discourse
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic ethical motif: negligence of disciplined practice (vrata/japa) is linked to confusion (vimohana), serving as a didactic narrative marker.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference appears in this fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Delusion can disrupt disciplined conduct; the verse implicitly values steadiness in observance and clarity of intention.