Varaha Purana 5.41: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 41

Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa

Pūrva Bhāga · Narrative Dialogue (Ṛṣi-Āśrama Episodes)

Devanagari script

एवं तौ संशयच्छेदं प्राप्तौ रैभ्यवसू नृप । बृहस्पतेस्ततो धिष्ण्याज्जग्मतुर्निजमाश्रमम् ॥ ५.४१ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 5.41

Transliteration

evaṃ tau saṃśayacchedaṃ prāptau raibhyavasū nṛpa | bṛhaspatestato dhiṣṇyājjagmaturnijamāśramam || 5.41 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

So, o König, erlangten jene beiden—Raibhya und Vasu—die Beseitigung ihres Zweifels; darauf verließen sie den heiligen Sitz Bṛhaspatis und gingen in ihre eigene Einsiedelei.

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of manner)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• तौ: those two
• Type: Noun
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• संशय-च्छेदम्: removal of doubt
• Type: Noun
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: संशयस्य छेदः); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक) + छेद (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राप्तौ: having obtained / having reached
• Type: Verb
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP: प्राप्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative participle)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)

• रैभ्यवसू: Raibhya and Vasu (the two sages)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; संबोधनार्थे नाम (proper name in apposition)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: रैभ्यवसु (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहस्पतेः: of Bṛhaspati
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ततः: then / from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः इत्यर्थे (indeclinable adverb: from there/then)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• धिष्ण्यात्: from the sacred abode
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
• Role: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Root: धिष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• जग्मतुः: they went
• Type: Verb
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/Parokṣa-bhūta), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपदम्
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• निजम्: their own
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• संशयच्छेदम् = संशय-च्छेदम्
• धिष्ण्याज् = धिष्ण्यात् (ज्-आदेशः)
• निजमाश्रमम् = निजम् + आश्रमम् (अ + आ → आ)

Speaker and setting

Shanta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Closure: fruit of right inquiry

Subjects

EthicsHeritage Sites

Core idea

When doubt is cut (saṃśaya-ccheda), one returns to one’s life-path with clarity; true teaching culminates in settled understanding, not mere wonder.

In practice

Seek instruction until doubts are resolved; then integrate the teaching in one’s own āśrama/daily discipline rather than remaining dependent on discourse.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Puranic Narrative
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative pattern in which inquiry is resolved through authoritative instruction (here associated with Bṛhaspati), reflecting the text’s role as a didactic archive of cultural memory and pedagogical scenes.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit terrestrial place-name is given; the verse mentions Bṛhaspati’s “dhiṣṇya” (sacred seat/abode) and the protagonists’ “āśrama” (hermitage), which function as institutional-cultural locations rather than a clearly mappable toponym.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage foregrounds an epistemic ethic: doubts should be clarified through disciplined inquiry and learned counsel, after which one returns to one’s proper station of practice (āśrama) with resolved understanding.