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Varaha Purana 145.106: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 106

The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region

महालाभस्तु लाभानां नास्त्यस्मादपरं महत् ॥ पिशुनाय न दातव्यं न शठाय गुरुद्रुहे ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 145.106

mahā-lābhas tu lābhānāṃ nāsty asmād aparaṃ mahat | piśunāya na dātavyaṃ na śaṭhāya guru-druhe ||

यह सबसे बड़ा फायदा है, इससे बड़ा कुछ नहीं। इसे किसी बदबोला को मत देना। न किसी धोखेबाज़ को, न जिसे गुरु से गद्दारी करे।

mahā-lābhaḥgreat gain
mahā-lābhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + lābha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), adversative/emphatic
lābhānāmof gains
lābhānām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootlābha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
astiis/exists
asti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Rootas (अस् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
asmātthan this/from this
asmāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/from)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
aparamother
aparam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/predicate qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootapara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively with 'asti'
mahatgreater
mahat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/predicate qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective
piśunāyato a slanderer
piśunāya:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/to)
TypeNoun
Rootpiśuna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
dātavyamshould be given
dātavyam:
Kriyā (विधेय/obligation)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (दा धातु) + tavya (तव्य-प्रत्यय)
FormGerundive/obligative (तव्यत्-कृदन्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; impersonal passive sense
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
śaṭhāyato a deceitful person
śaṭhāya:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/to)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
guru-druheto one who betrays the teacher
guru-druhe:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/to)
TypeNoun
Rootguru + druh (द्रुह् धातु से निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक: द्रुह्/द्रुह्-शब्द)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: गुरोः द्रुहः = one who harms the guru

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
D
Didactic Ethics
S
Sanskrit Culture
T
Textual Transmission

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None; the focus is ethical guidance on dissemination.

Responsible sharing of teachings: avoid entrusting valued knowledge to those characterized by malice, deception, or betrayal of educational trust.

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