Varaha Purana 210.43: Adhyaya 210, Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

कर्मणामशुभानां च विविधोत्पत्तिजन्मनाम् ॥ यः समर्थः स्फोटयितुं तन्मे ब्रूहि महातपाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 210.43

Transliteration

karmaṇām aśubhānāṃ ca vividha-utpatti-janmanām | yaḥ samarthaḥ sphoṭayituṃ tan me brūhi mahātapāḥ ||

Translation

„Sprich zu mir, o großer Asket, von jenem Mittel, das imstande ist, unheilvolle Handlungen—aus vielfältigen Ursprüngen und Geburten entstanden—zu zerschmettern und unwirksam zu machen.“

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Word by Word

• karmaṇām: of actions/deeds
• karmaṇām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• aśubhānām: inauspicious / evil
• aśubhānām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana (Plural); विशेषण qualifying karmaṇām

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction particle)

• vividha-utpatti-janmanām: whose origins and births are of various kinds
• vividha-utpatti-janmanām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana (Plural); samāsa functioning as adjective to karmaṇām: ‘having births/origins of various productions’

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); sarvanāma

• samarthaḥ: capable
• samarthaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samartha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• sphoṭayitum: to burst open / to elucidate
• sphoṭayitum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/infinitive of purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sphoṭaya (धातु: sphuṭ/स्फुट् causative)
• Form: Tumun-anta infinitive (तुमुन्), ‘to cause to burst/open/explain’

• tat: that (matter)
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); demonstrative pronoun

• me: to me
• me: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī/ Caturthī-eka-vacana enclitic (Genitive/Dative singular) ‘of/to me’ (contextually dative)

• brūhi: tell (speak)
• brūhi: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana (Singular), Parasmaipada

• mahātapāḥ: O great ascetic
• mahātapāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (Singular); संबोधन

Speaker

Nārada

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Karma Doctrine
• Sanskrit Soteriology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves technical moral vocabulary (aśubha karma, janma) and a strong metaphor (sphoṭay-) used in Sanskrit to express decisive disruption of karmic accumulation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse seeks an effective corrective capable of addressing wrongdoing across varied life histories, implying an ethics attentive to long-term moral causality.