Varaha Purana 210.33: Adhyaya 210, Shloka 33

Inquiry into Moral Agency (Karma) and Practical Means for the Dissolution of Sin: the Śiśumāra Contemplation

Devanagari script

श्रद्दधानो जितक्रोधः परद्रव्यविवर्जकः ॥ अनसूयश्च यो मर्त्यः स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 210.33

Transliteration

śraddadhāno jitakrodhaḥ paradravyavivarjakaḥ || anasūyaś ca yo martyaḥ sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate ||

Translation

Der Sterbliche, der gläubig ist, den Zorn besiegt hat, fremdes Gut meidet und frei von Missgunst ist, der wird von Sünden befreit.

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Word by Word

• श्रद्दधानः: having faith / believing
• श्रद्दधानः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्-धा (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• जितक्रोधः: one who has conquered anger
• जितक्रोधः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक; components: जित (from जि धातु) + क्रोध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• परद्रव्यविवर्जकः: avoiding others' property
• परद्रव्यविवर्जकः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर-द्रव्य-विवर्जक (प्रातिपदिक; components: पर + द्रव्य + विवर्जक (from वर्ज्))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अनसूयः: free from envy / non-censorious
• अनसूयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनसूय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• मर्त्यः: a mortal man
• मर्त्यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशात्मक सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• पापेभ्यः: from sins
• पापेभ्यः: Apadana (अपादान/From)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि (passive)

Speaker

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Moral Restraints
• Sanskrit Social Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse preserves widely attested ethical restraints (anger-control, non-appropriation) that overlap with dharmaśāstra and yogic yamas.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference occurs here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Maintain faith and self-control, avoid taking others’ property, and cultivate non-malice.