Varaha Purana 167.9: Adhyaya 167, Shloka 9

The Glory of the Viśrānti Tīrtha and the Account of a Rākṣasa’s Liberation

Devanagari script

ततः स चौर्यं कुर्वाणः पापैः सह नराधमः ॥ स च रात्रौ द्रवन् लोकान् लब्धोऽसौ राजरक्षिभिः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 167.9

Transliteration

tataḥ sa cauryaṃ kurvāṇaḥ pāpaiḥ saha narādhamaḥ || sa ca rātrau dravan lokān labdho 'sau rājarakṣibhiḥ ||

Translation

फिर वो बुरा आदमी चोरों के साथ मिल कर चोरी करने लगा। रात को वो भागा, लेकिन राजा के गार्ड ने उसे पकड़ लिया।

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Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय); adverb of sequence

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

• cauryam: theft
• cauryam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caurya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• kurvāṇaḥ: doing/committing
• kurvāṇaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); agreeing with saḥ

• pāpaiḥ: with sins/evil deeds
• pāpaiḥ: Sahakāraka (सह/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय); preposition-like particle meaning ‘with’

• narādhamaḥ: a wretch/lowest of men
• narādhamaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + adhama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); ‘lowest among men’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय); conjunction

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• dravan: running/fleeing
• dravan: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dru (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); from √dru ‘run’

• lokān: people/worlds (here: people)
• lokān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)

• labdhaḥ: was caught/seized
• labdhaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); passive sense ‘was caught/obtained’

• asau: that man/he (there)
• asau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun

• rāja-rakṣibhiḥ: by the king's guards
• rāja-rakṣibhiḥ: Kartr̥ (कर्तृ/Agent in passive; expressed by instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + rakṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन); agent-instrument in passive construction

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Narrative
• Ancient Polity
• Social Ethics
• Classical Sanskrit

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a glimpse of royal administrative vocabulary (guards, arrest) embedded in moral narrative, useful for studying ideals of governance in Sanskrit texts.

Which geographic location is identified?

No new location is named in this verse beyond the earlier setting; it describes an arrest by royal guards.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Association with wrongdoing and criminal acts are shown to lead to immediate social-legal consequences.