Varaha Purana 176.26: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 26
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha-māhātmya and Narrative Dialogue (Disclosure of Family and Origin)
निर्बन्धं तस्य तज्ज्ञात्वा दुःखेनोवाच तं प्रति ॥ पितरौ भ्रातरश्चेति देशं ज्ञातिं ततः कुलम्
nirbandhaṃ tasya taj jñātvā duḥkhenovāca taṃ prati || pitarau bhrātaraś ceti deśaṃ jñātiṃ tataḥ kulam
nirbandhaM tasya tajj~nAtvA duHkhenovAcha taM prati || pitarau bhrAtarashcheti deshaM j~nAtiM tataH kulam
जब उसने देखा कि वो नहीं मान रहा, तो दुखी हो के बोली। उसने अपने माँ बाप और भाइयों के बारे में बताया। फिर अपना देश, अपने रिश्तेदार और अपना परिवार भी बताया।
Sandhi Notes
- दुःखेनोवाच = दुःखेन + उवाच
- भ्रातरश्च = भ्रातरः + च
Varāha
Sorrowful; pressured by his insistence to disclose identity and origins
Implicit: ‘Who are you—what are your parents, brothers, homeland, kin-group, and lineage?’
Satya (truthful self-disclosure) under compassionate inquiry; sorrow as a purifier of pride and concealment.
When questioned by a rightful authority/benefactor, disclose essential facts (family, origin) without deceit, but with sensitivity to grief.
Varāha Purāṇa 176.29-33 (details of place, family, death rites)
FAQs
It records key social categories (parents, brothers, deśa, jñāti, kula) that function as identity markers in Sanskrit cultural history.
The verse signals that a deśa (region) will be named, but the proper place-name appears in the following verse.
The passage emphasizes disclosure of truth under emotional strain, presenting sorrow (duḥkha) as part of the moral-psychological context of confession.
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