Varaha Purana 201.47: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 47

The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers

Devanagari script

शासेमहि यथाकामं यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम् ॥ त्वया ग्राह्यो ह्यहं देव मृत्युना च सुसंवृतः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.47

Transliteration

śāsemahi yathākāmaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam || tvayā grāhyo hyahaṃ deva mṛtyunā ca susaṃvṛtaḥ ||

Translation

„Lasst uns nach Belieben verwalten und richten — gemäß dem Gesehenen und gemäß dem Gehörten. Dennoch soll ich von dir ergriffen werden, o Gott, und ich bin auch fest vom Tod umschlossen.“

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Word by Word

• शासेमहि: we rule/govern
• शासेमहि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शास् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (plural)

• यथाकामं: as desired
• यथाकामं: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb) अर्थे 'as desired/according to wish'

• यथादृष्टं: as seen
• यथादृष्टं: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + दृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb) अर्थे 'as seen/according to what is seen'

• यथाश्रुतम्: as heard
• यथाश्रुतम्: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + श्रुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb) अर्थे 'as heard/according to what is heard'

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr-karana/Agent-instrument (कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental), एकवचन

• ग्राह्यः: to be seized/captured
• ग्राह्यः: Karya/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: भविष्यत्कृदन्त/कर्तव्यतार्थक (gerundive), यत्-प्रत्यय (to be seized), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; अहं इति पदस्य विधेयविशेषण

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), कारण/अवधारण (for/indeed)

• अहं: I
• अहं: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मृत्युना: by death
• मृत्युना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• सुसंवृतः: well-enclosed/covered
• सुसंवृतः: Karya/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + सम्-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्गसमास (सु+संवृत = well-enclosed/covered)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Dharmic Ethics
• Purāṇic Theology (neutral archival tag)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It juxtaposes human/agentive governance (“as desired”) with the inevitability of mortality, a recurring Purāṇic theme connecting ethics to finitude.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is identified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It implies that authority and choice operate within limits set by mortality and overarching order; actions remain accountable despite power.