Varaha Purana 192.5: Adhyaya 192, Shloka 5

Description of the Universal Peace-Recitation and the Madhuparka Rite

Devanagari script

कथयिष्यामि तत्सर्वं दुःखसंसारमोक्षणम् ॥ कृत्वा तु मम कर्माणि यत्त्वया पूर्वभाषितम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 192.5

Transliteration

kathayiṣyāmi tat sarvaṃ duḥkha-saṃsāra-mokṣaṇam || kṛtvā tu mama karmāṇi yat tvayā pūrva-bhāṣitam ||

Translation

Ich werde dies alles darlegen — den Weg zur Befreiung aus dem schmerzvollen Kreislauf des weltlichen Daseins — nachdem du meine Riten vollzogen hast, wie du zuvor gesprochen hast.

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Word by Word

• kathayiṣyāmi: I will explain/tell
• kathayiṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ् धातु) + ṇic (णिच्)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada; causative stem (णिजन्त)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarvam: all, entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with tat

• duḥkha-saṃsāra-mokṣaṇam: release from painful worldly existence
• duḥkha-saṃsāra-mokṣaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + mokṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (‘duḥkha-saṃsārāt mokṣaṇam’)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययभाव), ‘having done’

• tu: but/then
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• karmāṇi: rites/actions
• karmāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun referring to pūrva-bhāṣitam

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartr̥ (कर्ता/agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• pūrva-bhāṣitam: previously spoken
• pūrva-bhāṣitam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + √bhāṣ (भाष् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative Singular; कर्मधारय-समास (‘pūrvam bhāṣitam’)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Ritual
• Mokṣa Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates the Purāṇic linkage between ritual performance (karma) and liberative teaching (mokṣa), reflecting a synthesized religious-ethical curriculum.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the verse is doctrinal and procedural.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

That disciplined performance of prescribed actions is presented as a prerequisite for receiving higher instruction on liberation.