Varaha Purana 211.78: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 78

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

Devanagari script

तस्मात् सुनियतैर्भाव्यं वैष्णवं मार्गमास्पदम्॥ दुर्ल्लभं वैष्णवत्वं हि त्रिषु लोकेषु सुन्दरी॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 211.78

Transliteration

tasmāt suniyatair bhāvyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ mārgam āspadam || durlabhaṃ vaiṣṇavatvaṃ hi triṣu lokeṣu sundarī ||

Translation

Darum soll man wohlgezügelt und diszipliniert sein und den vaiṣṇavischen Pfad zur Grundlage nehmen. Denn Vaiṣṇava-Sein ist wahrlich schwer zu erlangen in den drei Welten, o Schöne.

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Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतौ/तस्मात्-प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb: ‘therefore/from that reason’)

• सु-नियतैः: by the well-restrained (people)
• सु-नियतैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + नियत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √यम्/√नि-यम्)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; विशेषण (well-disciplined/strict)

• भाव्यम्: should be practiced/should be (done)
• भाव्यम्: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) → भाव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: भाव्य (gerundive/तव्यत्-अर्थ), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विधेय-भाव: ‘should be/ought to be done’

• वैष्णवम्: Vaiṣṇava
• वैष्णवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘वैष्णव’ विशेषण

• मार्गम्: path
• मार्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• आस्पदम्: abode/seat/support
• आस्पदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘आश्रय/स्थान’

• दुर्लभम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विधेय-विशेषण

• वैष्णवत्वम्: Vaiṣṇava-ness/devotion to Viṣṇu
• वैष्णवत्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णवत्व (प्रातिपदिक; -त्व तद्धित)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/ कारणार्थ)

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), बहुवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘त्रि’ संख्या

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• सुन्दरी: O beautiful lady
• सुन्दरी: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयुक्ता (vocative sense by context)

Speaker

Varāha (addressing Pṛthivī as sundarī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ethical Formation

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse demonstrates how Purāṇas articulate a disciplined identity (vaiṣṇavatva) as a cultivated status, using the rhetoric of rarity to encourage ethical commitment.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned; “three worlds” is a cosmological scope rather than a place-name.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Adopt disciplined conduct (niyama) and treat the Vaiṣṇava path as a stable guiding framework.