Varaha Purana 47.12: Adhyaya 47, Shloka 12

The Rite of Śrāvaṇa Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī (Dāmodara Worship) and the Exemplum of King Nṛga

Devanagari script

तत्रापश्यन्त ते सुप्तं हेमरत्नविभूषितम् । नृगं राजानमत्युग्रं श्रिया परमया युतम् ॥ ४७.१२ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 47.12

Transliteration

tatrāpaśyanta te suptaṃ hemaratnavibhūṣitam | nṛgaṃ rājānam atiyugraṃ śriyā paramayā yutam || 47.12 ||

Translation

അവിടെ അവർ ഉറങ്ങിക്കിടന്ന നൃഗരാജാവിനെ കണ്ടു—സ്വർണ്ണവും രത്നങ്ങളും ധരിച്ച്, അത്യന്തം പ്രചണ്ഡനും പരമശ്രീയാൽ യുക്തനുമായിരുന്നു।

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• अपश्यन्: they saw
• अपश्यन्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (लुब्धाः implied)

• सुप्तम्: sleeping
• सुप्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of नृगम्/राजानम्

• हेम-रत्न-विभूषितम्: adorned with gold and gems
• हेम-रत्न-विभूषितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम (प्रातिपदिक) + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + विभूषित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of नृगम्/राजानम्; ‘adorned with gold and jewels’

• नृगम्: Nṛga
• नृगम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नृगम् इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• अति-युग्रम्: exceedingly formidable
• अति-युग्रम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of नृगम्/राजानम्; ‘exceedingly fierce’

• श्रिया: with splendor, with fortune
• श्रिया: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण/सह (by/with)

• परमया: supreme, highest
• परमया: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of श्रिया

• युतम्: endowed with
• युतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of नृगम्/राजानम्; ‘endowed/connected with’

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Dharma Discourse
• Royal Ideology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic narrative technique: describing a king through markers of sovereignty (ornaments, splendor, and perceived power) as a prelude to ethical or didactic developments in the surrounding episode.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is a situational marker (“there”) dependent on the immediately preceding narrative context.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, the verse sets up a contrast often used in Purāṇic exempla: external prosperity and royal magnificence may precede moral testing or consequences explored in adjacent verses.