Varaha Purana 65.6: Adhyaya 65, Shloka 6

The Sovereignty Vow and the Cycle of Tithi-Based Observances

Devanagari script

एकादश्यां तु यत्नेन नरः कुर्याद् यथाविधि । मार्गशीर्षे शुक्लपक्षादारभ्याब्दं विचक्षणः । तद् व्रतं धनदस्येष्टं कृतं वित्तं प्रयच्छति ॥ ६५.६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 65.6

Transliteration

ekādaśyāṃ tu yatnena naraḥ kuryād yathāvidhi | mārgaśīrṣe śuklapakṣād ārabhyābdaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ | tad vrataṃ dhanadasyeṣṭaṃ kṛtaṃ vittaṃ prayacchati || 65.6 ||

Translation

Doch am Tage des Ekādaśī soll der Mensch mit Sorgfalt die Observanz nach der vorgeschriebenen Regel vollziehen. Beginnend mit der hellen Monatshälfte des Mārgaśīrṣa soll der Einsichtige sie ein Jahr lang bewahren. Dieses Gelübde, das Dhanada (Kubera) lieb ist, verleiht, wenn es ausgeführt wird, Reichtum.

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Word by Word

• ekādaśyām: on the eleventh (lunar day)
• ekādaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/conjunction (निपात)

• yatnena: with effort
• yatnena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• naraḥ: a man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• kuryāt: should do/perform
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• yathā-vidhi: according to the prescribed rule
• yathā-vidhi: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva compound (अव्ययीभाव), adverbial usage

• mārgaśīrṣe: in (the month of) Mārgaśīrṣa
• mārgaśīrṣe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārgaśīrṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• śukla-pakṣāt: from the bright fortnight
• śukla-pakṣāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘bright + fortnight’

• ārabhya: having begun/starting from
• ārabhya: Kriyā-anuvṛtti (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√rabh (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable usage

• abdam: a year
• abdam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• vicakṣaṇaḥ: discerning/wise
• vicakṣaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vicakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective qualifying naraḥ

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• vratam: vow/observance
• vratam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular

• dhanadasya: of Dhanada (Kubera)
• dhanadasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• iṣṭam: dear/pleasing
• iṣṭam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √iṣ ‘to desire’ past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular; PPP (क्त) agreeing with vrataṃ

• kṛtam: performed/done
• kṛtam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Predicative (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ past passive participle)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular; PPP (क्त) used predicatively with vrataṃ

• vittam: wealth
• vittam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• prayacchati: gives/bestows
• prayacchati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yam (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Vrata Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic vrata literature by pairing a calendrical rule (Ekādaśī; Mārgaśīrṣa bright fortnight; one-year duration) with a stated social aim—prosperity—reflecting how dharma texts integrated ritual timekeeping and household aspirations.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is primarily calendrical (Ekādaśī; the month Mārgaśīrṣa) rather than place-centered.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To undertake a disciplined observance carefully and in accordance with prescribed procedure (yathāvidhi), emphasizing intentional practice and adherence to an established ritual-ethical framework.