Varaha Purana 139.68: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 68

The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance

with a Truth-Vow Exemplum

Devanagari script

चण्डालस्याविधिज्ञस्य यस्य ते मतिरीदृशी॥ ब्रह्मरक्षोवचः श्रुत्वा श्वपाकः सत्यसङ्गरः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 139.68

Transliteration

caṇḍālasyāvidhijñasya yasya te matir īdṛśī || brahmarakṣovacaḥ śrutvā śvapākaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ ||

Translation

ब्रह्मराक्षस की बात सुन के श्वपाक ने जवाब दिया। वो सच पे काया था। उसने कहा, मैं चांडाल हूँ, मुझे विधि का कोई ग्यान नहीं। फिर भी तुम्हारा मन्न ऐसा कैसे हो सकता है?

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Word by Word

• चण्डालस्य: of a caṇḍāla
• चण्डालस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• अविधिज्ञस्य: of one ignorant of proper rule
• अविधिज्ञस्य: विशेषण (of चण्डालस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- + विधिज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक विशेषण

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मतिः: mind, understanding
• मतिः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• ईदृशी: such, like this
• ईदृशी: विशेषण (of मतिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (मतिः)

• ब्रह्मरक्षः: of a brahma-rākṣasa (demon)
• ब्रह्मरक्षः: सम्बन्ध (in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास-पूर्वपद; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन-रूपसदृश (contextually Genitive in compound)

• वचः: speech, words
• वचः: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासोत्तरपद

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकाले)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having heard’

• श्वपाकः: the dog-cooker (outcaste)
• श्वपाकः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वपाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सत्यसङ्गरः: one steadfast in truth / truth-fighter
• सत्यसङ्गरः: कर्ता (apposition to श्वपाकः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य + सङ्गर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः तत्पुरुषः (सत्ये सङ्गरः/सत्यस्य सङ्गरः)

Speaker

Śvapāka (Chāṇḍāla)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma and Speech-Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic dialogue form where marginalized social identifiers appear within ethical discourse, illustrating how speech and truth are framed as central virtues in narrative theology.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse fragment; the focus is interpersonal dialogue rather than tīrtha-topography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds satya (truthfulness) and scrutinizes intention (mati) regardless of social identity, positioning ethical speech as a primary value.