Varaha Purana 206.2: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 2

Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds

Uttara Bhāga (traditional division; exact mapping varies by recension) · Śubhakarmaphalodaya – description of a virtuous person’s conduct

Devanagari script

इमं सर्वातिथिं दान्तं सर्वभूतानुकम्पकम् ॥ समान्नदानदातारं शेषभोजनभोजिनम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 206.2

Transliteration

imaṃ sarvātithiṃ dāntaṃ sarvabhūtānukampakam || samānna-dāna-dātāraṃ śeṣabhojana-bhojinam ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

इस आदमी को छोड़ दो। यह सब मेहमानों का मेहमान है, सबसे दया करता है। सबको बराबर खाना खिलाता है और खुद बाद में खाता है।

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Word by Word

• इमम्: this (person)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वातिथिम्: (one who is) host to all guests / all-guests-receiver
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: सर्व+अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दान्तम्: self-controlled
• Type: Adjective
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) / विशेषणरूप, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘self-controlled’
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: दम् (धातु)

• सर्वभूतानुकम्पकम्: compassionate to all beings
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (compassionate to all beings)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: सर्व+भूत+अनुकम्पक (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम: together / equally
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: उपसर्गवत् पूर्वपद (prefix-like element: together/equally)
• Role: Avyaya (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Root: सम् (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्)

• अन्न: food
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• दान: giving
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)

• दातारम्: giver
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (in compound: giver)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• शेषभोजनभोजिनम्: eater of leftover food
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘one who eats leftover food’
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: शेष+भोजन+भोजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• samānna-dāna-dātāram split as सम + अन्न + दान + दातारम् (multi-member compound; written with hyphens in IAST)
• śeṣabhojana-bhojinam is a tatpuruṣa: शेषभोजनस्य भोजिन्

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Karuna rasaSetting: Celestial realm

The teaching

Path

Ethics

Subjects

EthicsHospitalityNon-violence/Compassion

Dharma

Tags

• Dharma Ethics
• Atithi-satkara (Hospitality)
• Purāṇic Moral Teaching
• Sanskrit Lexicography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a normative ethical profile valued in classical Sanskrit culture: hospitality, equitable giving, and restraint—often used to define social virtue beyond ritual performance.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified; the verse is characterological and ethical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Practice universal hospitality, compassion to all beings, impartial charity, and modest consumption (eating after others).