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Varaha Purana 134.47: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 47

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

Upaspṛśya

अष्टौ भिक्षा यथान्यायं शुद्धभागवतां गृहे ॥ य एतेन विधानॆन ब्रह्मकर्माणि कारयेत् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 134.47

aṣṭau bhikṣā yathānyāyaṃ śuddhabhāgavatāṃ gṛhe || ya etena vidhānena brahmakarmāṇi kārayet ||

आठ हिस्से बनाओ, और जो सही तरीका है उससे लो। भगवान के भक्तों के घर से लो, जो सच्चे दिल से भक्त करते हैं। इस तरह से जो ब्रह्म का काम करता है।

अष्टौeight
अष्टौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'भिक्षाः' (अध्याहृत) का विशेषण
भिक्षाalms (begging)
भिक्षा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सामूहिक/जातिवाचक प्रयोग (alms as a practice)
यथाaccording as
यथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formउपमान/प्रकार-बोधक अव्यय (as/according to)
अन्यायम्properly / by rule
अन्यायम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootन्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial accusative)
शुद्धभागवताम्of pure devotees (Bhāgavatas)
शुद्धभागवताम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुद्ध-भागवत (प्रातिपदिक; शुद्ध + भागवत)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), बहुवचन; 'गृहे' के साथ सम्बन्ध
गृहेin a house
गृहे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
एतेनby this
एतेन:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
विधानेनby the procedure / ordinance
विधानेन:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ब्रह्मकर्माणिVedic rites / Brahmanical acts
ब्रह्मकर्माणि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्म-कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + कर्मन्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
कारयेत्should cause to be performed
कारयेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु; णिच् causative)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: cause to be done)

Varāha / Nārāyaṇa (instructional voice; implied)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Ritual
S
Social Ethics
S
Sanskrit Lexicography

FAQs

It provides a procedural snapshot of regulated alms practice and community norms, valuable for reconstructing lived ethics and ritual economy in Purāṇic milieus.

No location is identified; the reference is social (households of ‘śuddha bhāgavatas’).

Follow propriety (nyāya) in taking support from the community and align practice with an explicit procedure (vidhāna).

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