Varaha Purana 198.2: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 2

Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration

Devanagari script

याथातथ्येन मे पूजा कार्येण विधिना अकरोत् ॥ आसनं पाद्यमर्घ्यं च वेददृष्टेन कर्मणा

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 198.2

Transliteration

yāthātathyena me pūjā kāryeṇa vidhinā akaroṭ || āsanaṃ pādyam arghyaṃ ca vedadṛṣṭena karmaṇā

Translation

उसने मुझे पूरा सम्मान दिया। सब कुछ सही तरीके से किया। पहले बैठने को कहा, पैर धोने का पानी दिया, अर्घ्य भी दिया। यह सब वैदिक रिवाज़ के हिसाब से हुआ।

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Word by Word

• याथातथ्येन: with due propriety/according to reality
• याथातथ्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथातथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; भाववाचक (in accordance with truth/as it really is)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• पूजा: worship/honour
• पूजा: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• कार्येण: by the proper act/rite
• कार्येण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन (by the prescribed act/rite)

• विधिना: by the rule/according to procedure
• विधिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन (according to rule)

• अकरोत्: performed/did
• अकरोत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• आसनम्: seat
• आसनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• पाद्यम्: water for washing the feet
• पाद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: offering (arghya)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• वेद-दृष्टेन: as prescribed by the Veda
• वेद-दृष्टेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + दृष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (seen/ordained in the Veda)

• कर्मणा: by the ritual act
• कर्मणा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative voice per instruction)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ritual Studies
• Purāṇic Narrative Protocol

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents standard reception-ritual elements (āsana, pādya, arghya) that are widely attested in Dharmaśāstra and Purāṇic narrative etiquette.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified; the focus is on ritual protocol within the assembly setting.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Proper hospitality and procedural correctness are presented as ethical-cultured conduct, even within a cosmic judicial realm.