Varaha Purana 205.7: Adhyaya 205, Shloka 7

Description of the Proclamation of Auspicious and Inauspicious Karmic Results

Devanagari script

आगमे च विपत्तौ च सर्वधर्मानुपालकाः ॥ ते तु कल्पान्बहून्स्वर्ग उषित्वा ह्यनसूयकाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 205.7

Transliteration

āgame ca vipattau ca sarva-dharmānupālakāḥ | te tu kalpān bahūn svarga uṣitvā hy anasūyakāḥ ||

Translation

栄えの時にも災いの時にも、あらゆる法（ダルマ）を守る者たち—悪意なき者たち—は、多くのカルパにわたり天界に住まう。

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Word by Word

• āgame: in prosperity/at arrival (of good times)
• āgame: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time-condition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti, Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)

• vipattau: in adversity
• vipattau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time-condition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine/स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Saptamī, Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• sarva-dharma-anupālakāḥ: upholders of all dharmas
• sarva-dharma-anupālakāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + anupālaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; samāsa: sarvān dharmān anupālayanti iti (observers of all duties)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; pronoun

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle

• kalpān: aeons
• kalpān: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल/Duration as object of measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Bahuvacana

• bahūn: many
• bahūn: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana; qualifies kalpān

• svarge: in heaven
• svarge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana

• uṣitvā: having dwelt
• uṣitvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्): uṣitvā; ‘having dwelt’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle

• anasūyakāḥ: non-envious
• anasūyakāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anasūyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

Speaker

Ṛṣiputra (didactic narration)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Dharma Discourse
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Virtue Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It articulates a virtue-ethical ideal—consistency in dharma across changing circumstances—common to Dharmaśāstra-influenced Purāṇic instruction.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; svarga is a cosmological realm.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Maintain ethical duties consistently in both favorable and unfavorable conditions, coupled with non-malice (anasūyā).