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Varaha Purana 137.72: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 72

The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field

अथ योगीश्वरी भूत्वा यत्र गच्छति रोचते ॥ अथवा चान्यसंसृष्टा कामरोगेण चावृता

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 137.72

atha yogīśvarī bhūtvā yatra gacchati rocate || athavā cānyasaṃsṛṣṭā kāmarogeṇa cāvṛtā

जब वो योग की मालिक बन जाती है, जहाँ भी जाती है सब को अच्छी लगती है। या फिर किसी और के साथ फंस जाती है, तो काम और बीमारी में घेर जाती है।

अथthen/now
अथ:
सम्बन्ध/प्रकरणसूचक (Discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle of sequence/then)
योगीश्वरी(she) the mistress of yogins / yoginī-lord
योगीश्वरी:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयोगीश्वरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial to main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having become’
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)
गच्छतिgoes
गच्छति:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
रोचतेis pleasing / seems attractive
रोचते:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootरुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘is pleasing/appears desirable’
अथवाor else
अथवा:
सम्बन्ध/विकल्पसूचक (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive: or/otherwise)
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: and)
अन्य-संसृष्टाassociated with another (man)
अन्य-संसृष्टा:
विशेषण (Adjectival to implied subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संसृष्ट (कृदन्त, सम्+सृज्/सृज्)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘mixed/associated’; समासः षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः तात्पुरुष (associated with another)
काम-रोगेणby the disease of lust
काम-रोगेण:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (desire-lust as a disease)
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
आवृताcovered/overcome
आवृता:
विशेषण (Adjectival to implied subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ+वृ (धातु)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त (past passive participle) ‘covered/overcome’

Varāha (default dialogue frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
V
Vaiṣṇavism
M
Moral Psychology

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It reflects a common Purāṇic idiom where inner dispositions (desire, attachment) are described as causal forces shaping conduct and perception, aligning with broader classical Sanskrit ethical discourse.

No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse fragment.

It highlights desire (kāma) as an obscuring affliction that can entangle a person and influence choices and appearances.

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