Varaha Purana 134.39: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 39

Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure

Upaspṛśya

Devanagari script

अल्पसत्त्वा गतभया लोभमोहसमन्विताः ॥ तरन्ति येन दुर्गाणि प्रायश्चित्तं च मे वद ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 134.39

Transliteration

alpa-sattvā gata-bhayā lobha-moha-samanvitāḥ || taranti yena durgāṇi prāyaścittaṃ ca me vada ||

Translation

जिन लोगों में ताकत कम है, डर चला गया है, और लोभ और भ्रष्टाचार में फंसे हैं, वो मुश्किलों से कैसे निकलते हैं? मुझे बताओ कैसे पाप धोना है।

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Word by Word

• alpa-sattvāḥ: of little strength/courage
• alpa-sattvāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alpa + sattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (pl)

• gata-bhayāḥ: whose fear has gone / fearless
• gata-bhayāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (कृदन्त) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (pl); ‘gata’ past participle from √gam (गम्) meaning ‘gone’

• lobha-moha-samanvitāḥ: endowed with greed and delusion
• lobha-moha-samanvitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lobha + moha + samanvita (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (pl); ‘samanvita’ past participle from sam-√anv-i (अन्वि/अनु) ‘endowed with’

• taranti: cross over
• taranti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṛ (तॄ)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (pl)

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (sg)

• durgāṇi: difficult passages/dangers
• durgāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (pl)

• prāyaścittaṃ: expiation/penance
• prāyaścittaṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (sg)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• me: to me
• me: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Gen./Dat.), एकवचन (sg); here चतुर्थी (Dative) ‘to me’

• vada: tell/speak
• vada: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (वद्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन (sg)

Speaker

Pṛthivī/Dharaṇī (default continuity)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Prāyaścitta Traditions
• Dharma Ethics
• Sanskrit Didactic Dialogue

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It signals the integration of prāyaścitta (expiatory discipline) into Purāṇic ethical systems, bridging narrative theology with practical moral repair.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified; “durgāṇi” refers to hardships metaphorically.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Recognize common moral impediments (greed, delusion) and seek structured methods of ethical correction and expiation.