Varaha Purana 165.9: Adhyaya 165, Shloka 9

The Glory of Mathurā: The Account of Piṇḍa-Offering at the Catuḥsāmudrika Well

Devanagari script

स तु कालेन महता कुटुम्बासक्तमानसः ॥ कदाचिद्दैवयोगेन साध्वीं भार्यां प्रियान्सुतान् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 165.9

Transliteration

sa tu kālena mahatā kuṭumbāsaktamānasaḥ || kadācid daivayogena sādhvīṃ bhāryāṃ priyān sutān ||

Translation

फिर बहुत साल बाद, जब उसका मन अपने घर परिवार में ही लगा हुआ था, दौर की बात यह हुई कि उसको अच्छी पत्नी और प्यारे बेटे मिल गए।

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Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (विरोध/अन्वय-निपात)

• kālena: with time/in course of time
• kālena: Karana (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• mahatā: great/long
• mahatā: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; agrees with kālena

• kuṭumbāsaktamānasaḥ: whose mind is attached to family
• kuṭumbāsaktamānasaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuṭumba (प्रातिपदिक) + āsakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √sañj/√asaj) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; बहुव्रीहिः (कुटुम्बे आसक्तं मानसं यस्य सः)

• kadācit: once/sometime
• kadācit: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• daivayogena: by a turn of fate
• daivayogena: Karana (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daiva (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (दैवस्य योगः)

• sādhvīm: virtuous
• sādhvīm: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sādhvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifies bhāryām

• bhāryām: wife
• bhāryām: Karma (कर्म/द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• priyān: dear/beloved
• priyān: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; qualifies sutān

• sutān: sons/children
• sutān: Karma (कर्म/द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural

Speaker

Varāha (narrating)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Dharma Narratives
• Purāṇic Storytelling

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It signals a narrative pivot using the common Purāṇic device daivayoga, indicating how moral transformation or consequence is introduced through ‘circumstance’ within the story.

Which geographic location is identified?

No new location is named; the setting continues from Pratiṣṭhāna in the preceding context.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse prepares an ethical contrast between the man’s attachment and the presence of virtuous family members, setting conditions for subsequent instruction or consequence.