Varaha Purana 193.42: Adhyaya 193, Shloka 42

Naciketas’ Journey to Yama’s Abode and the Eulogy of Truthfulness

Devanagari script

स्थितः सत्ये महाविन्ध्यो वर्द्धमानो न वर्द्धते ॥ सर्वं चराचरमिदं सत्येन श्रीयते जगत्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 193.42

Transliteration

sthitaḥ satye mahāvindhyo varddhamāno na varddhate || sarvaṃ carācaram idaṃ satyena śrīyate jagat

Translation

बड़ा विंध्य पहाड़ सच पे खड़ा है। वो बढ़ता है, लेकिन ज़्यादा नहीं बढ़ता। सारी दुनिया, जीवित और निजीत, सच से ही चलती है और आगे बढ़ती है।

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Word by Word

• स्थितः: standing/established
• स्थितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — PPP, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्ये: in truth
• सत्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाविन्ध्यः: Mahā-Vindhya (the great Vindhya mountain)
• महाविन्ध्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-विन्ध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्द्धमानः: growing
• वर्द्धमानः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृध् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present middle participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — PMP, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• वर्द्धते: grows/increases
• वर्द्धते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present, Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; विशेषण

• चराचरम्: the moving and the unmoving (all beings)
• चराचरम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर-अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; द्वन्द्व: ‘moving and unmoving’

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Pronoun, Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• सत्येन: by truth
• सत्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीयते: is prospered/adorned
• श्रीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present Passive, Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Geography
• Ethical Cosmology
• Indic Mountain Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It connects a well-known Indian geographic feature (Vindhya) with a moral-cosmic principle, illustrating how Purāṇic texts embed ethical instruction within recognizable landscape references.

Which geographic location is identified?

The Vindhya (Vindhya range) is referenced—an ancient and historically attested mountain system in central India.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Truthfulness is framed as the regulator of limits and the cause of prosperity for all beings.