Varaha Purana 194.32: Adhyaya 194, Shloka 32
The Return of Naciketas from Yama’s Abode: Inquiry into Death, Karma, and Dharmic Release
Uttara Bhāga · Yamaloka Narratives (Ethical Consequences and Afterlife Discourse)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥ ऋषिभिस्त्वेवमुक्तस्तु नाचिकेतो महामनाः ॥ यदुवाच महाराज शृणु तज्जनमेजय
vaiśampāyana uvāca || ṛṣibhis tv evam uktas tu nāciketo mahāmanāḥ || yad uvāca mahārāja śṛṇu taj janamejaya
vaishampAyana uvAcha|| RRiShibhistvevamuktastu nAchiketo mahAmanAH || yaduvAcha mahArAja shRRiNu tajjanamejaya
वैशम्पायन ने कहा। रिशियों ने ऐसे ही बात की, और बड़े दिल वाले नचिकेता ने जवाब दिया। राजा जनमेजय, सुनो वो क्या बोला।
Sandhi Notes
- त्वेवम् = तु + एवम्
- यदुवाच = यत् + उवाच
- तज्जनमेजय = तत् + जनमेजय (सम्बोधन)
Vaiśampāyana
Dharma-knowledge is preserved through dialogic frames and authorized speakers; narrative structure itself is a vehicle of truth.
Approach ethical teachings through qualified reciters/teachers; listen (śravaṇa) attentively as a discipline that prepares for right conduct.
Shift from Varāha–Pṛthivī discourse to an embedded Nāciketa narrative (frame transition)
FAQs
It preserves a common Purāṇic transmission frame—teacher (Vaiśampāyana) narrating to a royal interlocutor (Janamejaya)—which helps situate the text within the broader Sanskrit kathā tradition.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition.
No direct ethical injunction is given here; the verse introduces forthcoming testimony attributed to Nāciketa.
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