Varaha Purana 211.32: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 32

Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī

Devanagari script

परद्रव्यापहरणे संसक्ताश्च सुरेश्वर ॥ अभक्ष्यभक्षणरता वेदब्राह्मणनिन्दकाः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 211.32

Transliteration

paradravyāpaharaṇe saṁsaktāś ca sureśvara | abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaratā vedabrāhmaṇanindakāḥ ||

Translation

O Herr der Götter, es gibt Menschen, die dem Raub fremden Eigentums ergeben sind; sie erfreuen sich am Genuss des Verbotenen und schmähen die Veden und die Brāhmaṇas.

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Word by Word

• पर-द्रव्य-अपहरणे: in the stealing of others' property
• पर-द्रव्य-अपहरणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अपहरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of sphere)

• संसक्ताः: attached/engaged
• संसक्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसक्त (कृदन्त; √सञ्ज्/ससज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participle)

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

• सुर-ईश्वर: O lord of the gods
• सुर-ईश्वर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन (address)

• अ-भक्ष्य-भक्षण-रताः: delighting in eating forbidden things
• अ-भक्ष्य-भक्षण-रताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + भक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘अभक्ष्यस्य भक्षणे रताः’ इति सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (engaged in eating what is forbidden)

• वेद-ब्राह्मण-निन्दकाः: revilers of the Vedas and Brahmins
• वेद-ब्राह्मण-निन्दकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + निन्दक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘वेदान् ब्राह्मणांश्च निन्दन्ति’ इति (censurers)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (inquirer, addressing Sureśvara)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma-śāstra themes
• Moral philosophy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic ethical taxonomy—common in late-classical Sanskrit literature—where social harms (theft) and ritual-intellectual harms (denigrating Vedic learning communities) are listed as major moral faults.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse condemns theft, consumption of prohibited items, and disparagement of authoritative learning traditions as ethically corrosive behaviors.