Varaha Purana 124.49: Adhyaya 124, Shloka 49

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Devanagari script

धनधर्मक्षयस्तेषां पठनादाशु जायते ॥ पठेद्भागवतानां च ये च धर्मेण दीक्षिताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 124.49

Transliteration

dhana-dharma-kṣayas teṣāṃ paṭhanād āśu jāyate || paṭhed bhāgavatānāṃ ca ye ca dharmeṇa dīkṣitāḥ ||

Translation

ഇത്തരത്തിലുള്ള പാരായണത്തിൽ അവർക്കു ധനവും ധർമ്മവും വേഗത്തിൽ ക്ഷയിക്കുന്നു. അതിനാൽ ഭാഗവതഭക്തർക്കും ധർമ്മവിധിപ്രകാരം ദീക്ഷിതർക്കും ഹിതാർത്ഥമായി പാരായണം ചെയ്യണം.

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Word by Word

• dhana-dharma-kṣayaḥ: loss of wealth and dharma
• dhana-dharma-kṣayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (as a collective): “loss of wealth and (loss of) dharma”

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative pronoun

• paṭhanāt: from reading/recitation
• paṭhanāt: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṭhana (प्रातिपदिक; action noun from पठ्)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• jāyate: arises/occurs
• jāyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन्-धातु)
• Form: Present tense/Laṭ (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• paṭhet: should read/recite
• paṭhet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (पठ्-धातु)
• Form: Optative/vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhāgavatānām: of the devotees / of the Bhāgavatas
• bhāgavatānām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāgavata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• dharmeṇa: by/with dharma; according to righteousness
• dharmeṇa: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• dīkṣitāḥ: initiated/consecrated
• dīkṣitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dīkṣ (दीक्ष्-धातु) + kta (क्त-कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default instructor voice for this instruction block)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ritual Studies
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a normative linkage between textual practice and social-ethical qualification (bhāgavata identity and dīkṣā), illustrating how communities framed authorized readership and ritual literacy.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named; the verse is prescriptive about persons and qualifications.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Recitation should be aligned with dharmic qualification and appropriate audiences; misuse is framed as leading to decline in prosperity and ethical standing.