Varaha Purana 126.67: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 67

The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas

Pūrva Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya (Sacred Geography)

Devanagari script

गरुडो हन्ति नागान्वै दृष्ट्वैव विनतात्मजः ॥ एवं स वार्यमाणोऽपि व्यालीं हन्ति स्म दारुणम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 126.67

Transliteration

garuḍo hanti nāgān vai dṛṣṭvaiva vinatātmajaḥ || evaṃ sa vāryamāṇo 'pi vyālīṃ hanti sma dāruṇam ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

गरुड, विनता का बेटा, साँप को देख के मार देता है। उसने उसे रोका भी, पर फिर भी उसने एक खतरनाक नागिन मारी।

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Word by Word

• गरुडः: Garuḍa
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
• Role: कर्ता (Karta/Agent)
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)

• हन्ति: kills
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
• Role: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• नागान्: serpents
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
• Role: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)
• Role: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Discourse particle)
• Root: वै (अव्यय)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)
• Role: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Pūrvakāla-kriyā/preceding action)
• Root: दृश् (धातु)

• एव: just/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निपात (restrictive/emphatic particle)
• Role: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• विनतात्मजः: son of Vinatā
• Type: Noun
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘of Vinatā’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: कर्ता (Karta/Agent)
• Root: विनता (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
• Role: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• सः: he
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
• Role: कर्ता (Karta/Agent)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वार्यमाणः: being restrained/forbidden
• Type: Verb
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), शानच्/मान (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: कर्ता-विशेषण (Agent qualifier)
• Root: वारय् (धातु)

• अपि: even/although
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निपात (concessive particle)
• Role: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• व्यालीम्: a she-serpent
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Root: व्याली (प्रातिपदिक)

• हन्ति: kills
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
• Role: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• स्म: (indeed/then; narrative past marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: स्म-निपात (past-narrative particle, often with present form)
• Role: काल/वृत्त-निपात (Narrative marker)
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)

• दारुणम्: terrible/fierce
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
• Role: कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
• Root: दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• गरुडो→गरुडः
• नागान्वै→नागान्+वै
• दृष्ट्वैव→दृष्ट्वा+एव
• वार्यमाणोऽपि→वार्यमाणः+अपि
• (IAST) vyālīṃ is taken as व्यालीम् (acc. sg.)

Speaker and setting

Raudra and Vira rasaSetting: Narrative-ethical exemplum

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Listening, evaluating the ethical justification

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Svadharma and natural disposition (svabhāva)

Subjects

EthicsNarrativeSacred Geography

Core idea

Certain actions are portrayed as intrinsic to a being’s role in cosmic order; analogies can clarify but also risk oversimplifying moral agency.

In practice

Use scriptural analogies to examine motives: ask whether an act is truly necessary and role-consistent, or a rationalization for violence.

Dharma

Mathura and Krishna

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Mythic Narrative
• Puranic Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif: Garuḍa’s archetypal enmity with nāgas, used as a literary device within tīrtha-linked storytelling.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit place-name appears in this verse; it functions as narrative setup within the chapter’s broader tīrtha discourse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds the problem of restraint—how powerful agents may act even when advised otherwise—inviting reflection on self-control and consequences.