Varaha Purana 201.46: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 46

The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers

Devanagari script

रोषायासकरं चैव सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः ॥ अहं त्वं चैव देवेश इमं लोकं चराचरम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.46

Transliteration

roṣāyāsakaraṃ caiva sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ || ahaṃ tvaṃ caiva deveśa imaṃ lokaṃ carācaram ||

Translation

അവൻ ക്രോധവും പരിശ്രമവും ഉളവാക്കുന്നവനായിട്ടും സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളും നമസ്കരിക്കുന്നവൻ. ഹേ ദേവേശാ! ഞാനും നീയും ഈ ചരാചര ലോകത്തെ ഭരിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• रोषायासकरं: causing anger and exertion
• रोषायासकरं: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोष (प्रातिपदिक) + आयास (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (रोष-आयासयोः करम् = causing anger and fatigue)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic/indeed)

• सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः: worshipped by all people
• सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + नमस्कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (नमस्+कृ, क्त), तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वलोकैः नमस्कृतः = worshipped by all worlds/people)

• अहं: I
• अहं: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वं: you
• त्वं: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशः)

• इमं: this
• इमं: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण लोकं प्रति

• लोकं: world
• लोकं: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चराचरम्: (with) moving and unmoving beings
• चराचरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (चर + अचर = moving and unmoving), विशेषण लोकं प्रति

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Dharmic Governance

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic idiom—carācaram—to describe totality of existence, and situates authority as shared or negotiated between high cosmic agents.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named; the referent is cosmic in scope (“this world of moving and unmoving”).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it frames responsibility and authority as tied to universal order, suggesting that governance is not arbitrary but related to the totality of beings.