Varaha Purana 192.3: Adhyaya 192, Shloka 3

Description of the Universal Peace-Recitation and the Madhuparka Rite

Devanagari script

देव वृत्तोपचारेण तव यन्मनसि प्रियम् ॥ किं च तत्रैव दातव्यं तव कर्मपरायणैः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 192.3

Transliteration

deva vṛttopacāreṇa tava yan manasi priyam || kiṃ ca tatraiva dātavyaṃ tava karmaparāyaṇaiḥ ||

Translation

O Deva, durch welche rechte Weise des Handelns wird das vollbracht, was deinem Sinn lieb ist? Und was soll in eben diesem Zusammenhang von denen dargebracht werden, die den vorgeschriebenen Riten ergeben sind?

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Word by Word

• deva: O god / O Lord
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• vṛtta-upacāreṇa: by proper conduct/attentive service
• vṛtta-upacāreṇa: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक) + upacāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष-समास (vṛttasya upacāreṇa)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun

• manasi: in (your) mind
• manasi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• priyam: dear, pleasing
• priyam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with yat

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय)

• dātavyam: to be given / should be offered
• dātavyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Gerundive/obligative participle (तव्यत्-कृदन्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative Singular (प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन); sense: ‘should be given’

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• karma-parāyaṇaiḥ: by those devoted to (your) rites/actions
• karma-parāyaṇaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष-समास (karmaṇi parāyaṇāḥ)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (inquirer; default per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Mantra and Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic didactic format where the Earth (Pṛthivī) asks for correct ritual-ethical procedure, a common instructional device in late-classical Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named in this verse; the focus is procedural (conduct and offering) rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

That ritual action should be guided by appropriate conduct (upacāra) and by discerning what is genuinely pleasing/beneficial within the prescribed framework.