Varaha Purana 198.27: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

वक्तव्यश्च महाबाहुरस्मिन्विप्रे यथातथम् ॥ प्राप्तकालं च युक्तं च तत्सर्वं वक्तुमर्हसि

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 198.27

Transliteration

vaktavyaś ca mahābāhur asmin vipre yathātatham || prāptakālaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca tat sarvaṃ vaktum arhasi

Translation

और बोला, अरे बड़े बाहू वाले, इस पंडित से सही बात करना। सही टाइम पे जो होना चाहिए वो बोलो, सब कुछ क्लियर कर दो।

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Word by Word

• vaktavyaḥ: should be said / must be spoken
• vaktavyaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) + tavya (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/तव्यत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be spoken’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• mahābāhuḥ: O mighty-armed one
• mahābāhuḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते (here as address/epithet)

• asmin: in/with regard to this
• asmin: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; vipre इति विशेष्ये सापेक्षम्

• vipre: in the case of the Brahmin
• vipre: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• yathā-tatham: as it truly is / properly
• yathā-tatham: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā + tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय (dvandva-like pairing of indeclinables), adverbial sense

• prāpta-kālam: timely / appropriate to the time
• prāpta-kālam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpta + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय (prāptaḥ kālaḥ yasya/tat); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; tat sarvam इति विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• yuktam: proper / fitting
• yuktam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (प्रातिपदिक; PPP from yuj धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; tat sarvam इति विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; sarvam इति विशेषण

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; vaktum इत्यस्य कर्म

• vaktum: to speak
• vaktum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त infinitive (कृदन्त अव्ययभाव), ‘to speak’

• arhasi: you ought / you are fit
• arhasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not explicit; default narrative voice within Varāha–Pṛthivī frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Dharma Ethics
• Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a classical ethical ideal of discourse: speech should be truthful (yathātatham), timely (prāptakāla), and appropriate (yukta), echoing broader Sanskrit normative literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To communicate truthfully and with situational propriety—truth joined to timing and fitness.