Varaha Purana 144.153: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 153

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Devanagari script

आकर्षणैश्च बहुभिर्दन्तभेदैः परस्परम् ॥ प्रयुध्यतस्तयोरेवं मत्सरग्रस्तयोः सतॊः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.153

Transliteration

ākarṣaṇaiś ca bahubhir danta-bhedaiḥ parasparam || prayudhyatas tayor evaṁ matsara-grastayoḥ satoḥ ||

Translation

बार-बार खींचना और दाँतों से मारना, ऐसे ही लड़ते रहे दोनों। दोनों में बड़ा घमंड और दुश्मनी थी।

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Word by Word

• ākarṣaṇaiḥ: by pullings / draggings
• ākarṣaṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ā-karṣaṇa (आ+कर्षण) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

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

• bahubhiḥ: many
• bahubhiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (बहु) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; qualifying ākarṣaṇaiḥ

• danta-bhedaiḥ: by bites / tooth-wounds
• danta-bhedaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danta (दन्त) + bheda (भेद) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• parasparam: mutually / each other
• parasparam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (परस्पर) (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; reciprocal adverb (परस्परार्थक क्रियाविशेषण)

• prayudhyataḥ: while the two were fighting
• prayudhyataḥ: Kāla/avasthā (काल/अवस्था-सूचक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-yudh (प्र+युध्) (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: Present active participle; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual (द्विवचन); ‘of the two fighting’ (genitive absolute-like)

• tayoḥ: of the two
• tayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• matsara-grastayoḥ: of the two seized by jealousy
• matsara-grastayoḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: matsara (मत्सर) + grasta (ग्रस्त) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound (‘matsareṇa grasta’); Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual; qualifying tayoḥ

• satoḥ: of the two (who were)
• satoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sat (सत्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Present participle of √as ‘to be’ used adjectivally; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual; ‘of the two being/existing’

Speaker

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Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ethical Discourse
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Lexicography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves moral-psychological vocabulary (matsara) embedded within narrative, illustrating how Purāṇic stories teach through characterization rather than abstract treatise.

Which geographic location is identified?

No new location is named; the verse continues the water-conflict episode.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rivalry and jealousy (matsara) are depicted as forces that entrap beings in prolonged, mutually destructive struggle.