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Varaha Purana 116.18: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 18

An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering

केचिद्विरूपा दृश्यन्ते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥ विद्वान्कृती गुणज्ञश्च सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 116.18

kecid virūpā dṛśyante tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || vidvān kṛtī guṇajñaś ca sarva-śāstra-viśāradaḥ

ບາງຄົນປາກົດວ່າຮູບຮ່າງບໍ່ງາມ—ຈະມີສິ່ງໃດເຈັບປວດກວ່ານີ້ອີກ? (ແຕ່ບາງຄົນ) ເປັນບັນດິດ ມີຜົນງານ ຮູ້ຄຸນຄ່າແຫ່ງຄຸນທຳ ແລະຊ່ຽວຊານໃນຄຳພີທັງປວງ

केचित्some (people)
केचित्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (निपात)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम
विरूपाःugly / deformed
विरूपाः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
दृश्यन्तेare seen / appear
दृश्यन्ते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)
ततःthen
ततः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण
दुःखतरम्more painful
दुःखतरम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुःखतर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक विशेषण
नुindeed?
नु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपात
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
विद्वान्learned
विद्वान्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootविद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक; √विद्, क्तवत्-आधारित)
Formकृदन्त-विशेषण (विद्वस्-शब्दः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कृतीcapable / accomplished
कृती:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
गुणज्ञःknower of virtues/qualities
गुणज्ञः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुण (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; √ज्ञा, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (गुणान् जानाति)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक
सर्व-शास्त्र-विशारदःexpert in all scriptures
सर्व-शास्त्र-विशारदः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + विशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (सर्वेषु शास्त्रेषु विशारदः)

Varāha (default, instructional voice)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
S
Sanskrit Learning
M
Moral Philosophy

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It juxtaposes bodily appearance with intellectual accomplishment, reflecting premodern Indian ethical discourse on visible and invisible forms of ‘fortune’.

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To consider that human conditions differ widely; the text frames such differences within a moral-causal (karmic) narrative rather than pure chance.

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