Varaha Purana 198.2: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 2

Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration

Devanagari script

याथातथ्येन मे पूजा कार्येण विधिना अकरोत् ॥ आसनं पाद्यमर्घ्यं च वेददृष्टेन कर्मणा

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 198.2

Transliteration

yāthātathyena me pūjā kāryeṇa vidhinā akaroṭ || āsanaṃ pādyam arghyaṃ ca vedadṛṣṭena karmaṇā

Translation

Er erwies mir Verehrung in gebührender und rechter Weise, nach dem angemessenen Verfahren: indem er Sitz, Wasser für die Füße und Arghya darbrachte — durch ein Ritual, das auf vedischer Überlieferung beruht.

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Word by Word

• याथातथ्येन: with due propriety/according to reality
• याथातथ्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथातथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; भाववाचक (in accordance with truth/as it really is)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• पूजा: worship/honour
• पूजा: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• कार्येण: by the proper act/rite
• कार्येण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन (by the prescribed act/rite)

• विधिना: by the rule/according to procedure
• विधिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन (according to rule)

• अकरोत्: performed/did
• अकरोत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• आसनम्: seat
• आसनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• पाद्यम्: water for washing the feet
• पाद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: offering (arghya)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• वेद-दृष्टेन: as prescribed by the Veda
• वेद-दृष्टेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + दृष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (seen/ordained in the Veda)

• कर्मणा: by the ritual act
• कर्मणा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative voice per instruction)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ritual Studies
• Purāṇic Narrative Protocol

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents standard reception-ritual elements (āsana, pādya, arghya) that are widely attested in Dharmaśāstra and Purāṇic narrative etiquette.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified; the focus is on ritual protocol within the assembly setting.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Proper hospitality and procedural correctness are presented as ethical-cultured conduct, even within a cosmic judicial realm.