Varaha Purana 218.42: Adhyaya 218, Shloka 42

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Devanagari script

मधुपर्कफलṃ दाने संसारचक्रवर्णनम् ॥ दुष्कृत्यकरणं चैव सुखवर्णनमेव च

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 218.42

Transliteration

madhuparkaphalaṃ dāne saṃsāracakravarṇanam || duṣkṛtyakaraṇaṃ caiva sukhavarṇanameva ca

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

मधुपर्क देना कितना अच्छा है, यह बताया। संसार का चक्र कैसे चलता है, वो भी समझा। बुरी हरकतें करना क्यों गलत है, यह भी कहा। और अच्छा रहने में क्या खुशी है, वो भी बताया।

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Word by Word

• मधुपर्क-फलम्: fruit/result of madhuparka offering
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष समास (result/fruit of madhuparka)
• Role: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Root: मधुपर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)

• दाने: in giving/charity
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative: in/with regard to giving)
• Role: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)

• संसार-चक्र-वर्णनम्: description of the cycle of transmigration
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष समास (description of the wheel/cycle of saṃsāra)
• Role: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुष्कृत्य-करणम्: commission of misdeeds
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष समास (doing of evil deeds)
• Role: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Root: दुष्कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + करण (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निपात (emphasis)
• Role: सम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• सुख-वर्णनम्: description of happiness
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष समास (description of happiness)
• Role: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निपात (emphasis)
• Role: सम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Root: च (अव्यय)

Sandhi Notes

• मधुपर्कफलम् = मधुपर्क-फलम्
• संसारचक्रवर्णनम् = संसार-चक्र-वर्णनम्
• चैव = च + एव
• सुखवर्णनमेव = सुख-वर्णनम् + एव

Speaker and setting

Shanta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Reflective

What she asks

How do gifts like madhuparka yield results, and how do saṃsāra, wrongdoing, and happiness relate within moral causality?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Moral philosophy / karma-saṃsāra

Subjects

EthicsCosmologyRitual Studies

Core idea

Happiness is not random: it is conditioned by dāna and dharma, while duṣkṛtya perpetuates the cycle of saṃsāra.

In practice

Cultivate hospitality and gifting (e.g., madhuparka) and restrain harmful actions to reduce bondage and increase sattvic well-being.

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Moral Philosophy
• Gift-Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It ties together ritual gifting, cosmological framing (saṃsāra), and moral psychology—showing how Purāṇic chapters integrate practice with worldview.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named; the verse is conceptual and ethical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It contrasts harmful action (duṣkṛtya) with well-being (sukha) and frames giving (dāna) as a disciplined practice with consequences in a broader moral-cosmological order.