Varaha Purana 187.108: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 108

Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering

Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha

Devanagari script

धर्माधर्मसमायुक्तो लोभमोहमसमावृतः ॥ दह चैत्तस्य गात्राणि देवलोकं स गच्छतु

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 187.108

Transliteration

dharmādharmasamāyukto lobhamohasamāvṛtaḥ || daha caittasya gātrāṇi devalokaṃ sa gacchatu

Translation

अग्नि से कहना है कि इसके शरीर को जला दो। यह इंसान ने अच्छे और बुरे दोनों काम किए हैं। लालच और भ्रम में फंसा था। अब उसे देवता लोगों के पास भेज दो।

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Word by Word

• धर्माधर्मसमायुक्तः: endowed with dharma and adharma
• धर्माधर्मसमायुक्तः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म + अधर्म + सम्-आ-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः (धर्माधर्मेण समायुक्तः)

• लोभमोहमसमावृतः: covered by greed and delusion
• लोभमोहमसमावृतः: कर्ता (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोभ + मोह + सम्-आ-वृत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (लोभमोहेन समावृतः)

• दह: burn
• दह: क्रिया (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him / of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• गात्राणि: limbs
• गात्राणि: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन

• देवलोकम्: the world of the gods
• देवलोकम्: गन्तव्य/कर्म (Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/गति-लक्ष्य), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (देवानां लोकः)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• गच्छतु: let him go
• गच्छतु: क्रिया (Benedictive/command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ritual
• Moral Psychology
• Afterlife Imagery

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It encapsulates a moral-anthropological view common in Sanskrit literature: human life as a mixture of virtues and faults, framed within funerary liturgy.

Which geographic location is identified?

No earthly location is named; devaloka is a cosmological realm in Purāṇic discourse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse acknowledges moral complexity (dharma/adharma; lobha/moha) and directs the rite toward release and transition rather than condemnation.