Varaha Purana 211.84: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 84

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

Devanagari script

महापातकभागी स्यात्सुगतिं नाप्नुयात्क्वचित्॥ उपवासासमर्थानां तथैव पृथुलोचने॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 211.84

Transliteration

mahāpātaka-bhāgī syāt sugatiṃ nāpnuyāt kvacit || upavāsāsamarthānāṃ tathaiva pṛthulocane ||

Translation

Wer so handelt, würde an schwerer Sünde teilhaben und nirgends ein gutes Geschick erlangen; ebenso wird es von denen gesagt, die nicht zu fasten vermögen, o Weitblickende.

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Word by Word

• महापातकभागी: a partaker of great sin
• महापातकभागी: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक-भागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समास: महत् पातकम् + भागी (‘sharer in great sin’)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• सुगतिम्: good destination
• सुगतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुगति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध निपात)

• आप्नुयात्: would attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• क्वचित्: ever/anywhere
• क्वचित्: Deśa-kāla-adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

• उपवासासमर्थानाम्: of those unable to fast
• उपवासासमर्थानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास-असमर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); समास: उपवासे असमर्थाः

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण निपात)

• पृथुलोचने: O broad-eyed one
• पृथुलोचने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथुलोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); समास: पृथु + लोचना (‘broad-eyed’)

Speaker

Varāha (default; explicit speaker not marked in this line)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa
• Normative Ethics
• Vrata Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates a normative Purāṇic discourse linking ritual observance with moral consequence, using technical terms like mahāpātaka and sugati.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage frames fasting/observance as ethically consequential, while also explicitly raising the issue of practitioners who lack the capacity to fast.