Varaha Purana 209.16: Adhyaya 209, Shloka 16

Description of the Greatness of the Pativratā

Marital Fidelity and Ethical Devotion

Devanagari script

गृहं मार्जयते नित्यं मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति ॥ चक्षुर्देहश्च भावश्च यस्या नित्यं सुसंवृतम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 209.16

Transliteration

gṛhaṃ mārjayate nityaṃ mṛtyudvāraṃ na paśyati || cakṣurdehaśca bhāvaśca yasyā nityaṃ susaṃvṛtam ||

Translation

जो औरत रोज़ घर साफ करती है, वो मौत का दरवाज़ा नहीं देखती। उसकी आँखें, उसका बदन और उसका सब बिहेवियर, सब कंट्रोल में रहता है।

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Word by Word

• gṛham: house
• gṛham: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mārjayate: cleans
• mārjayate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mṛj (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• nityam: always
• nityam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial accusative)

• mṛtyu-dvāram: the door of death
• mṛtyu-dvāram: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• cakṣuḥ: eye(s)
• cakṣuḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject; part of list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dehaḥ: body
• dehaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject; part of list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• bhāvaḥ: disposition / feeling
• bhāvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject; part of list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• yasyāḥ: of whom / whose
• yasyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन

• nityam: always
• nityam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial accusative)

• su-saṃvṛtam: well covered/guarded
• su-saṃvṛtam: Kriya (क्रिया/भूतार्थ-विशेषण as predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + saṃvṛta (प्रातिपदिक; PPP of √vṛ with sam-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Sanskrit Social History
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links household labor and bodily discipline, offering evidence for how Purāṇic texts integrate social practice with moral valuation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Regular domestic care and restraint of senses/behavior are praised as ethical disciplines.