Varaha Purana 175.20: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 20

The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter

Devanagari script

यं यं पश्यति चार्वङ्गी यस्तां चैव प्रपश्यति ॥ स स चित्र इव न्यस्तो विचेता जायते नरः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 175.20

Transliteration

yaṃ yaṃ paśyati cārvāṅgī yas tāṃ caiva prapaśyati | sa sa citra iva nyasto vicetā jāyate naraḥ ||

Translation

സുന്ദരാംഗിയായ അവൾ ആരെയാരെയോ നോക്കുന്നു, അവളെ ആരൊക്കെയോ നോക്കുന്നു—ആ പുരുഷൻ ചിത്രമെന്നപോലെ സ്ഥാപിച്ചതു പോലെ സ്തബ്ധനായി, ചിത്തസ്ഥൈര്യം നഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (यम्… पश्यति)

• यम्: whom (each one)
• यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति—‘whomever’

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अर्व-अङ्गी: the lovely-limbed woman (Tilottamā)
• अर्व-अङ्गी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘सुन्दर-अङ्गा’ (one whose limbs are lovely)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• प्रपश्यति: looks at/sees clearly
• प्रपश्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति—‘that very (man)’

• चित्रः: astonished/strange
• चित्रः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नरः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• इव: as if/like
• इव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-वाचक (comparative particle)

• न्यस्तः: placed/left (as if set down)
• न्यस्तः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + √अस्/√स्था? (कृदन्त; ‘न्यस्त’ from √अस्/√स्था in sense ‘placed’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• विचेताः: bewildered, senseless
• विचेताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘one whose mind is disturbed/without sense’

• जायते: becomes/is born
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default for this fragmentary excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Aesthetics
• Cultural History

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates a common Sanskrit literary trope: the arresting power of beauty described through simile (becoming ‘like a painting’), relevant to the history of kāvya-style expression within Purāṇic prose-verse narrative.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified; the focus is on interpersonal encounter and literary effect.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit moral directive is given; the verse functions as narrative-poetic description.