Varaha Purana 137.6: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 6

The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field

Devanagari script

अभिषेकं राजशब्दं मम संज्ञापितं त्वया ॥ एतन्न बहुमन्येऽहं विना तात त्वया ह्यहम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 137.6

Transliteration

abhiṣekaṁ rāja-śabdaṁ mama saṁjñāpitaṁ tvayā || etan na bahu manye ’haṁ vinā tāta tvayā hy aham

Translation

നിങ്ങൾ എനിക്ക് അഭിഷേകവും ‘രാജാവ്’ എന്ന പദവിയും നിശ്ചയിച്ചു; എന്നാൽ താതാ, നിങ്ങളില്ലാതെ ഇതിന് ഞാൻ വലിയ വില കൊടുക്കുന്നില്ല—കാരണം നിങ്ങളില്ലാതെ ഞാൻ ഒന്നുമല്ല।

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Word by Word

• अभिषेकम्: consecration / coronation
• अभिषेकम्: कर्म (Object; thing named/mentioned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• राज-शब्दम्: the title/word ‘king’
• राज-शब्दम्: कर्म (Object; thing named/mentioned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'राज्ञः शब्दः' → 'the word “king”/royal title'

• मम: for me / my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संज्ञापितम्: was designated / was conferred
• संज्ञापितम्: विधेय (Predicate; with implied 'अस्ति')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + ज्ञा (धातु) → संज्ञापित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: णिच्-प्रेरण (Causative) + क्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'made known/assigned (as a designation)'

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: कर्ता (Agent in passive; कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (Object of manye)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Demonstrative)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (Negation)

• बहु: much / highly
• बहु: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (Adverbial use: 'much/highly')

• मन्ये: I consider / I value
• मन्ये: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विना: without
• विना: वियोग (Separation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: वियोगार्थक उपसर्गसदृश अव्यय/उपपद (preposition-like indeclinable governing accusative)

• तात: O father
• तात: सम्बोधन (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• त्वया: with you / from you
• त्वया: वियोग/सहभाव (Instrumental with 'vinā'—idiomatic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: हेतुसूचक (Reason/emphasis marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये अव्यय (particle: for/indeed)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्ता (Subject; reiteration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default dialogue frame; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Political Theology
• Renunciation Motif
• Sanskrit Semantics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It highlights how Sanskrit texts treat political legitimacy (abhiṣeka, rāja-śabda) as socially constructed and ethically negotiable rather than inherently ultimate.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference appears in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Titles and institutional power are secondary to personal responsibility and the sustaining presence of one’s guiding relation (here, ‘father’).