Varaha Purana 135.44: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 44

Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda

Devanagari script

तरन्ति मानुषा येन तिर्यक्संसारसागरात् ॥ गोमयेन दिनं पञ्च कणाहारेण सप्त वै ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 135.44

Transliteration

taranti mānuṣā yena tiryaksaṃsārasāgarāt || gomayena dinaṃ pañca kaṇāhāreṇa sapta vai

Translation

लोग जनम-मरण के चक्कर में फंसे रहते हैं, जानवर बनते हैं। इससे कैसे निकलें? एक तरीका है, पाँच दिन तक गाय के गोबर पे रहो। फिर सात दिन तक दाने खाओ, थोड़ा-थोड़ा।

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Word by Word

• taranti: they cross over
• taranti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṝ (तॄ-धातु)
• Form: Present indicative (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada

• mānuṣāḥ: people / humans
• mānuṣāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (मानुष-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun

• tiryak-saṃsāra-sāgarāt: from the ocean of animal/transmigratory existence
• tiryak-saṃsāra-sāgarāt: Apadana (अपादान/पञ्चमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tiryak (तिर्यक्-प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsāra (संसार-प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (सागर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); 'from the ocean of transmigration among animals'

• gomayena: with cow-dung
• gomayena: Karana (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomaya (गोमय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• dinam: for a day
• dinam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण/अवधि-द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (दिन-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); duration-accusative

• pañca: five
• pañca: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (पञ्चन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्यावाचक); indeclinable-like in form; here qualifying 'dinam' (five [days])

• kaṇāhāreṇa: with a grain-diet
• kaṇāhāreṇa: Karana (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṇa (कण-प्रातिपदिक) + āhāra (आहार-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); 'by a diet of grains/particles'

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptan (सप्तन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्यावाचक); qualifying an implied 'dināni' (seven [days])

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (वै)
• Form: Particle (निपात); emphasis/assurance

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; prescriptive instruction begins)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Prāyaścitta
• Ascetic Discipline

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a specific penitential regimen, useful for comparative studies of dharmaśāstra and Purāṇic prāyaścitta traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Atonement is presented as structured self-discipline aimed at moral and existential purification.