Varaha Purana 147.17: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 17

The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa

the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release

Devanagari script

सोऽपि दुःखेन सन्तप्तः सर्वलोकान्भ्रमिष्यति॥ एवमौरवेन दत्ते तु शापे तस्मिन्महौजसि॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 147.17

Transliteration

so 'pi duḥkhena santaptaḥ sarvalokān bhramiṣyati || evam auraveṇa datte tu śāpe tasmin mahaujasi ||

Translation

“അവനും ദുഃഖത്തിൽ ദഗ്ധനായി സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളിലൂടെയും അലഞ്ഞുതിരിയും.” ഇങ്ങനെ മഹൗജസ്സനായ ഔർവമുനി ആ ശാപം നൽകിയപ്പോൾ (… )।

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Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), additive/emphatic

• duḥkhena: by/with sorrow
• duḥkhena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• santaptaḥ: afflicted/tormented
• santaptaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam+tap (धातु) → santapta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुं), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; agrees with saḥ

• sarva-lokān: all the worlds
• sarva-lokān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुं), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); compound meaning 'all worlds/people'

• bhramiṣyati: will wander/roam
• bhramiṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhram (धातु)
• Form: Simple future (लृट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• auraveṇa: by Aurava
• auraveṇa: Karta/Agent (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aurava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुं), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular; agent/instrument 'by Aurava'

• datte: (when) given
• datte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (धातु) → datta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन), Neuter (नपुं) used as locative absolute with śāpe: 'when the curse was given'

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (निपात), contrastive

• śāpe: in/at the curse
• śāpe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुं), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular; with datte forms locative absolute

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular; refers to the curse/event

• mahā-ojasi: in/with the mighty (one)
• mahā-ojasi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ojas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुं), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular; bahu-vīrya sense 'in the mighty one' (refers to Aurava)

Speaker

Aurva (curse statement); narrative frame by Varāha (default)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Dharma and Ethics
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Curses in Purāṇic literature function as narrative representations of moral causality and the authority attributed to ascetics as custodians of social-ethical order.

Which geographic location is identified?

The phrase “all worlds” (sarvalokān) is cosmological rather than geographic; it does not identify a terrestrial site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It conveys that destructive acts provoke far-reaching consequences, and that grief and anger can be formalized into punitive speech with enduring effects.