Varaha Purana 129.46: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 46

Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel

Devanagari script

एतद्भागवतैः कार्यं मम प्रियकरैः सदा ॥ एवं ताम्रं समुत्पन्नमिति मे रोचते हि तत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 129.46

Transliteration

etad bhāgavataiḥ kāryaṃ mama priya-karaiḥ sadā || evaṃ tāmraṃ samutpannam iti me rocate hi tat ||

Translation

This is to be done by devotees—those who are always dear to me. Thus, (the account that) copper arose in this manner is what I accept as fitting.

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Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्ता/विधेय (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भागवतैः: by devotees
• भागवतैः: करण/कर्ता (Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• कार्यम्: to be done / should be done
• कार्यम्: विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicate adjective) — ‘कर्तव्यम्’

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रिय-करैः: dear/pleasing (to me)
• प्रिय-करैः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of भागवतैः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (उपपद-तत्पुरुषः) — ‘प्रियं करोति’

• सदा: always
• सदा: कालाधिकरण (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: नित्यत्ववाचक-अव्यय (always)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (thus)

• ताम्रम्: copper
• ताम्रम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समुत्पन्नम्: arisen / produced
• समुत्पन्नम्: विधेय (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-पद् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘ताम्रम् समुत्पन्नम्’

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध/वाक्यचिह्न (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• मे: to me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन (enclitic)

• रोचते: is pleasing / seems good
• रोचते: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: वाक्यसम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये अव्यय (indeed/for)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject, of रोचते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dāna and Vrata Traditions

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The text promotes consistent devotional discipline and ethically framed ritual action as a valued cultural ideal.