Varaha Purana 201.3: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 3

The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers

Devanagari script

अन्ये हि तावत्तत्कुर्युर्यथेष्टं तव सुव्रत ॥ भगवन्स्म परिक्लिष्टाः त्राहि नः परमेश्वर ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.3

Transliteration

anye hi tāvat tat kuryur yath-eṣṭaṃ tava suvrata || bhagavan sma parikliṣṭāḥ trāhi naḥ parameśvara ||

Translation

「それは他の者が、あなたの御心のままに行えばよいのです、善き誓いを保つお方よ。われらはまことに苦しめられております、福徳なる主よ。お守りください、至上の主よ。」

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Word by Word

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• tāvat: for the time being/so much
• tāvat: Kāla (काल)/Pramāṇa (प्रमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय)

• tat: that (task)
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; सर्वनाम

• kuryuḥ: should do
• kuryuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yathā-iṣṭam: as you wish
• yathā-iṣṭam: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial compound (अव्ययीभाव): ‘as desired’; neuter accusative used adverbially

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• su-vrata: O one of good vows
• su-vrata: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; कर्मधारयः

• bhagavan: O Lord
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• sma: indeed/just
• sma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sma (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), often with past sense/emphasis

• parikliṣṭāḥ: afflicted/distressed
• parikliṣṭāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + √kliś (क्लिश् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• trāhi: protect/save
• trāhi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √trā (त्रा धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• naḥ: us
• naḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया) or Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; here as object ‘us’

• parameśvara: O Supreme Lord
• parameśvara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; परम + ईश्वर (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Dūtāḥ (contextually continuing; not re-tagged but same speech sequence)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Classical Dialogue
• Sanskrit Studies
• Mythic Cycles

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents formal registers of address and supplication in Purāṇic dialogue, useful for studying conventions of authority and petition in Sanskrit narrative.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames an ethic of protection and responsibility: those in authority are asked to safeguard distressed dependents.