Varaha Purana 210.53: Adhyaya 210, Shloka 53

Inquiry into Moral Agency (Karma) and Practical Means for the Dissolution of Sin: the Śiśumāra Contemplation

Devanagari script

ध्यायेत ह्यक्षयं यस्तु स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते ॥ भृगुर्बुधः शनैश्चारो लोहिताङ्गश्च वीर्यवान् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 210.53

Transliteration

dhyāyet hy akṣayaṃ yastu sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate | bhṛgur budhaḥ śanaiścāro lohitāṅgaś ca vīryavān ||

Translation

അക്ഷയ തത്ത്വത്തെ ധ്യാനിക്കുന്നവൻ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകുന്നു. (ഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ) ഭൃഗു (ശുക്രൻ), ബുധൻ, ശനൈശ്ചരൻ, വീര്യവാൻ ലോഹിതാംഗൻ (കുജൻ) എന്നിവരാണ്.

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Word by Word

• dhyāyet: should meditate
• dhyāyet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhyai (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• akṣayam: imperishable
• akṣayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण/वस्तुनिर्देश (object of meditation)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धबोधक

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

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

• pāpebhyaḥ: from sins
• pāpebhyaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• pramucyate: is freed
• pramucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि/मध्यवाची (is released)

• bhṛguḥ: Bhṛgu (Venus)
• bhṛguḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• budhaḥ: Budha (Mercury)
• budhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śanaiḥcāraḥ: Śanaiścara (Saturn)
• śanaiḥcāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śanaiḥ + cāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समास (one who moves slowly)

• lohitāṅgaḥ: Lohitāṅga (Mars)
• lohitāṅgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lohita + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहि (whose body is red)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vīryavān: powerful
• vīryavān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīrya-vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Navagraha Lore
• Meditation Vocabulary

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves early/medieval Sanskrit planetary nomenclature (graha-identifications) within a moral-discursive frame, helping scholars trace how astral science and ethical soteriology coexisted in Purāṇic transmission.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the verse is astral and conceptual rather than geographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Meditative attention to an enduring principle (akṣaya) is presented as a practice linked with moral purification.