Varaha Purana 206.4: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 4

Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds

Devanagari script

मम स्थास्यन्ति पार्श्वेषु पापा वै विकृतास्तथा ॥ एनं गायस्यन्ति गन्धर्वा गगनेऽप्सरसस्तथा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 206.4

Transliteration

mama sthāsyanti pārśveṣu pāpā vai vikṛtās tathā || enaṃ gāsyanti gandharvā gagane 'psarasas tathā ||

Translation

Die Sünder—wahrlich entstellt und von Leiden gezeichnet—werden zu meinen Seiten stehen. Die Gandharvas werden von ihm singen; ebenso werden die Apsaras ihn am Himmel feiern.

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Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• स्थास्यन्ति: will stand
• स्थास्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पार्श्वेषु: at the sides
• पार्श्वेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/सप्तमी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पापाः: sinners / evil ones
• पापाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• विकृताः: deformed / distorted
• विकृताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + कृ (धातु) → विकृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) of पापाः

• तथा: thus / likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• गास्यन्ति: will sing
• गास्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• गगने: in the sky
• गगने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अप्सरसः: Apsarases
• अप्सरसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Vedic/irregular nominative plural form)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified; likely continuing the authoritative speech within the Citragupta/Yama narrative frame

Tags

• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Moral Exempla
• Sanskrit Poetics (celestial beings motif)
• Dharma Discourse

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a standard Purāṇic imaginative vocabulary for moral consequence: sinners depicted as afflicted, while the virtuous are publicly honored by celestial performers.

Which geographic location is identified?

No earthly site is specified; the only spatial marker is ‘in the sky’ (gagane), a cosmological setting.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Conduct is portrayed as leading to contrasting social-cosmic outcomes: dishonor/affliction for wrongdoing and celebration/honor for virtue.