Varaha Purana 49.6: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 6

The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit

Pūrva Bhāga · Āśrama-saṃvāda (Sage-visit narrative)

Devanagari script

तस्यागस्त्यः कदाचित् तु गृहमागत्य सत्तम । उवाच सप्तारात्रं तु वसामि भवतो गृहे ॥ ४९.६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 49.6

Transliteration

tasyāgastyaḥ kadācit tu gṛham āgatya sattama | uvāca saptarātraṃ tu vasāmi bhavato gṛhe || 49.6 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

एक बार अगस्त्य रिशि उसके घर आए। उन्होंने कहा, मैं तुम्हारे घर में सात दिन रहूँगा।

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Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• Type: Noun
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• agastyaḥ: Agastya
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: agastya (प्रातिपदिक)

• kadācit: once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (at some time/once)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)

• tu: and/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; निपात
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Root: tu (अव्यय)

• gṛham: to the house
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/गत्यर्थे), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)

• āgatya: having come
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्गः—आ; ‘having come’
• Role: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु)

• sattama: O best one
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; तमप्-प्रत्यय (superlative): ‘best of the good’
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: sat + tama (प्रातिपदिक)

• uvāca: said
• Type: Verb
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: √vac (धातु)

• saptarātram: for seven nights
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/कालपरिमाण), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—सप्त रात्राः (seven nights)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: sapta + rātra (प्रातिपदिक)

• tu: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; निपात
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Root: tu (अव्यय)

• vasāmi: I stay/dwell
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: √vas (धातु)

• bhavataḥ: of you/your
• Type: Noun
• Form: भवत्-शब्द (आदरार्थ सर्वनामवत्), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)

• gṛhe: in (your) house
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• tasyāgastyaḥ → tasya agastyaḥ (a+a → ā)
• gṛham āgatya → gṛham-āgatya (external sandhi at word boundary)

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasaSetting: Gṛha/rājagṛha (domestic-royal space)

Speaker

Agastya

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Ethics of hospitality

Subjects

HospitalitySage narrativesĀśrama culture

Core idea

The guest (atithi) embodies sacred presence; serving him is service to dharma itself.

In practice

Respond promptly to guests, offer lodging/food without delay, and accept the discipline of hosting as spiritual practice.

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Philology
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif: a renowned sage arriving as a guest and formally stating the duration of stay, offering evidence for literary representations of āśrama-based hospitality and social etiquette.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic toponym is stated in this verse; it only mentions arrival at a “house” (gṛha).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds the cultural ethic of hosting (atithi-satkāra) by presenting a sage’s requested stay, implicitly situating the household as a site of duty-bound hospitality.