Varaha Purana 41.39: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 39

Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying

Devanagari script

अपुनर्मारके लोके दाहप्रलयवर्ज्जिते । अद्यापि तिष्ठते देवैः स्तूयमानो महानृपः । प्रसन्ने यज्ञपुरुषे किं चित्रं येन तद्भवेत् ॥ ४१.३९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 41.39

Transliteration

apunarmārake loke dāhapralayavarjjite | adyāpi tiṣṭhate devaiḥ stūyamāno mahānṛpaḥ | prasanne yajñapuruṣe kiṃ citraṃ yena tad bhavet || 41.39 ||

Translation

ಮತ್ತೆ ಮರಣವಿಲ್ಲದ, ದಾಹಪ್ರಳಯವಿಲ್ಲದ ಆ ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಮಹಾರಾಜನು ಇಂದಿಗೂ ದೇವತೆಗಳಿಂದ ಸ್ತುತಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾ ನೆಲೆಸಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಯಜ್ಞಪುರುಷನು ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾದರೆ, ಇದು ಸಂಭವಿಸುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯವೇನು?

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Word by Word

• अपुनः-मारके: in the non-death-causing (world)
• अपुनः-मारके: विशेषण (Qualifier of लोके)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपुनः + मारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (अपुनः = ‘not again’ + मारक = ‘death-causing’) qualifying लोके

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दाह-प्रलय-वर्जिते: free from the conflagration-dissolution
• दाह-प्रलय-वर्जिते: विशेषण (Qualifier of लोके)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दाह + प्रलय + वर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दाहप्रलयेन वर्जितः) qualifying लोके

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: सम्बन्ध (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (time adverb)

• अपि: still, even
• अपि: सम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थ (also/even/still)

• तिष्ठते: stands, remains
• तिष्ठते: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: करण (Agent/instrument with passive participle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्तूयमानः: being praised
• स्तूयमानः: विधेय/विशेषण (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘being praised’ (agreeing with महानृपः)

• महा-नृपः: the great king
• महा-नृपः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् नृपः)

• प्रसन्ने: when (he is) pleased
• प्रसन्ने: अधिकरण (Locative absolute-like setting)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (यज्ञपुरुषे)

• यज्ञ-पुरुषे: in/with the Yajña-Puruṣa (Lord as sacrifice)
• यज्ञ-पुरुषे: अधिकरण (Location/setting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (यज्ञस्य पुरुषः)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: विधेय (Interrogative predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• चित्रम्: wonder, marvel
• चित्रम्: विधेय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-नाम

• येन: by which
• येन: करण/हेतु (Instrument/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/हेतुवाचक ‘by which/whereby’

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

• भवेत्: might be, would happen
• भवेत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; explicit speaker not given in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Indo-Aryan Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic model of multiple realms and moral-cosmic causality, where exemplary rulers are portrayed as attaining enduring post-mortem states; it also preserves the technical vocabulary of pralaya (cosmic dissolution) and its exceptions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic site is named in this verse; it describes a cosmological realm characterized as free from pralaya’s conflagration and from recurring death.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames outcomes as contingent on the favor of the Yajña-Puruṣa, implying that disciplined, merit-generating conduct (often associated with righteous kingship and ritual-ethical order) leads to stable, auspicious states of existence.