Varaha Purana 201.17: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 17

The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers

Devanagari script

यथा ह्येते समुत्पन्नाः सर्वधर्मानुचिन्तकाः ॥ तथा वयं समुत्पन्नास्तदर्थं हि भवानपि ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.17

Transliteration

yathā hy ete samutpannāḥ sarvadharmānucintakāḥ || tathā vayaṃ samutpannās tadarthaṃ hi bhavān api ||

Translation

जैसे ये लोग धरम के बारे में सोचने के लिए पैदा हुए हैं, वैसे ही हम भी पैदा हुए हैं। और आप भी इसी काम के लिए हैं।

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Word by Word

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: “as/just as”)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतु/निश्चयार्थक-निपात

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• samutpannāḥ: arisen/produced
• samutpannāḥ: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + ut + pad (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP: “arisen/produced”), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय/विशेषण

• sarvadharmānucintakāḥ: reflecting on all dharmas
• sarvadharmānucintakāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + dharma + anu + cintaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद/कर्मधारय-प्राय: ‘सर्वान् धर्मान् अनु चिन्तयन्ति’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of ete)

• tathā: so/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (correlative: “so/likewise”)

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• samutpannāḥ: arisen/produced
• samutpannāḥ: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + ut + pad (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय

• tadartham: for that purpose
• tadartham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (तदर्थम् = ‘for that purpose’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन used adverbially

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeed/for)

• bhavān: you (sir)
• bhavān: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/भवद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; आदरार्थक-सर्वनाम (honorific pronoun)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (also/even)

Speaker

Rākṣasas

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Dharma Discourse

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What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse preserves dharma-centered vocabulary in a dramatic setting, showing how moral-philosophical terms are deployed across character voices in Purāṇic narration.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic identifier occurs in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It asserts a claim of shared origin and purpose, implying that ethical reflection (anucintana) is not exclusive to one group within the narrative.