Varaha Purana 203.47: Adhyaya 203, Shloka 47

Enumeration and Description of Classes of Sins and Their Consequences

Devanagari script

यद्यत्कुर्वन्ति ते कर्म सर्वत्र क्षयभागिनः ॥ सत्यमन्विष्यमाणाश्च नैव ते कीर्त्तिभागिनः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 203.47

Transliteration

yadyat kurvanti te karma sarvatra kṣayabhāginaḥ || satyam anviṣyamāṇāś ca naiva te kīrtibhāginaḥ

Translation

यह लोग जो भी काम करते हैं, उसमें नुकसान ही होता है। सच ढूँढने की कोशिश भी करते हैं, पर लोग उनका नाम नहीं लेते।

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Word by Word

• यत्-यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्-यत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) (कर्म-सम्बन्धे), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (correlative: whatever)

• कुर्वन्ति: they do
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• कर्म: action, deed
• कर्म: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Avyaya (अव्यय/Modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/व्याप्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: everywhere)

• क्षय-भागिनः: partakers of loss/decay-bound
• क्षय-भागिनः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + भागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (क्षयस्य भागिनः = क्षयभागी)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अन्विष्यमाणाः: seeking/investigating
• अन्विष्यमाणाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + √इष्/एष् (धातु; ‘अन्वेष्’ अर्थे) (कृदन्त; शानच्/वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/कर्तरि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present participle, middle: seeking) used adjectivally

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (अव्यय/Negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphasis: indeed/only)

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• कीर्त्ति-भागिनः: partakers of fame
• कीर्त्ति-भागिनः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्त्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + भागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कीर्त्तेः भागिनः = fame-partakers)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Sanskrit Philology
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a Purāṇic moral psychology: unstable outcomes and reputational decline are framed as effects of deeper ethical disorder.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic marker is present in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Actions lacking moral grounding are portrayed as perishable, and even truth-seeking becomes ineffective without integrity.