Varaha Purana 174.35: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 35

The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship

Devanagari script

रतो वै पितृपूजायां न प्रेतो जायते नरः ॥ जितक्रोधो ह्यमात्सर्यस्तृष्णासङ्गविवर्जितः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 174.35

Transliteration

rato vai pitṛ-pūjāyāṃ na preto jāyate naraḥ || jita-krodho hy amātsaryas tṛṣṇā-saṅga-vivarjitaḥ

Translation

പിതൃപൂജയിൽ നിരതനായ മനുഷ്യൻ പ്രേതനായി ജനിക്കുകയില്ല. ക്രോധം ജയിച്ചവൻ, അസൂയരഹിതൻ, തൃഷ്ണയും ആസക്തിയും വിട്ടവൻ—അവനും പ്രേതനാകുകയില്ല.

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Word by Word

• रतः: attached/engaged
• रतः: कर्तृविशेषण (Agent-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम् (धातु √रम्) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/उपपादक अव्यय (emphatic particle: 'indeed')

• पितृपूजायाम्: in worship of the ancestors
• पितृपूजायाम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: पितॄणां पूजा (worship of ancestors)

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

• प्रेतः: a ghost/departed spirit
• प्रेतः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जायते: is born/becomes
• जायते: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जितक्रोधः: one who has conquered anger
• जितक्रोधः: कर्तृविशेषण (Agent-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: जितः क्रोधः येन (one whose anger is conquered)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये अव्यय (particle: 'for/indeed')

• अमात्सर्यः: free from envy
• अमात्सर्यः: कर्तृविशेषण (Agent-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + मात्सर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); नञ्-समासभाव (privative: without envy)

• तृष्णासङ्गविवर्जितः: devoid of craving and attachment
• तृष्णासङ्गविवर्जितः: कर्तृविशेषण (Agent-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृष्णा + सङ्ग + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कृदन्त: विवर्जित (PPP of वि-√वृज्/वर्ज् 'to avoid'); तत्पुरुष: तृष्णा-सङ्गयोः विवर्जितः (devoid of craving and attachment)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (continuation)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Śrāddha Tradition
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It combines ritual duty (ancestor honor) with inner virtues (anger-control, non-envy, non-attachment), reflecting a synthesis of social and psychological ethics in Purāṇic teaching.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Honor ancestors and cultivate self-restraint: freedom from anger, envy, craving, and attachment.