Varaha Purana 116.8: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 8

An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering

Devanagari script

ममार्चनविधिं कृत्वा मम लोके महीयते ।। दुःखमेवं प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 116.8

Transliteration

mamārcanavidhiṃ kṛtvā mama loke mahīyate || duḥkham evaṃ pravakṣyāmi tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare

Translation

Having performed the prescribed procedure of worship to me, one is honored in my world. Now I shall explain suffering in this manner; listen to that, O Vasundharā (Earth).

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Word by Word

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• अर्चनविधिम्: the procedure of worship
• अर्चनविधिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन-विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having done’

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive sense): ‘is honored’

• दुःखम्: sorrow/suffering
• दुःखम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वसुन्धरे: O Earth (Vasundharā)
• वसुन्धरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows a typical Purāṇic structure: ritual instruction and reward (phalaśruti) followed by ethical-philosophical teaching on suffering.

Which geographic location is identified?

Vasundharā is the personified Earth, not a specific site; no named place is given.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Attend carefully to instruction on the causes and removal of suffering, framed within disciplined worship.