Varaha Purana 21.66: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 66

The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share

Devanagari script

अदर्शनेऽनयद् देव मूढविज्ञानतोऽधुना । कृतमस्माभिरेवेश तदत्र क्षम्यतां प्रभो ॥ २१.६७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 21.66

Transliteration

adarśane 'nayad deva mūḍha-vijñānato 'dhunā | kṛtam asmābhir eveśa tad atra kṣamyatāṃ prabho || 21.67 ||

Translation

Bhagwan, humein samajh nahi thi, isliye humne galat kar diya. Jo bhi humne kiya hai, usko maaf kar do Prabhu. Humein galat samajh mein aagaya tha.

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Word by Word

• अदर्शने: in (your) not being seen; in absence of sight
• अदर्शने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘दर्शन’ with privative अ-

• अनयत्: led; brought
• अनयत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; √नी = to lead

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• मूढविज्ञानतः: due to deluded understanding
• मूढविज्ञानतः: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ-विज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक; मूढ + विज्ञान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (cause)

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kala (काल/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• कृतम्: done; committed
• कृतम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; thing done)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done/committed’

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Kartr-karana (कर्तृकरण/Agent expressed instrumentally)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (निपात/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ईश: O Lord
• ईश: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘that (act)’

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Desha (देश/Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• क्षम्यताम्: may it be forgiven
• क्षम्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive request), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense): ‘let it be forgiven’

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default dialogic framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic rhetorical pattern: a subordinate interlocutor acknowledges error (often framed as mūḍha-vijñāna, “misguided understanding”) and requests kṣamā (forgiveness), reflecting ethical self-regulation within didactic dialogue.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic toponym appears in this verse fragment; it functions as a moral-psychological statement rather than a sacred-geography marker.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds accountability and correction: recognizing that actions may arise from confused understanding and explicitly seeking forgiveness as a means of restoring proper order in discourse and conduct.