Varaha Purana 8.44: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 44

Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices

Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna

Devanagari script

त्रिधा स्थितं तिग्मरथाङ्गपाणिनं नयस्थितं तृप्तमनुत्तमैर्गुणैः । निःश्रेयसाख्यं क्षपितेतरं गुरुं नमामि विष्णुं पुरुषोत्तमं त्वहम् ॥ ८.४४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 8.44

Transliteration

tridhā sthitaṃ tigmarathāṅgapāṇinaṃ nayasthitaṃ tṛptam anuttamair guṇaiḥ | niḥśreyasākhyaṃ kṣapitetaraṃ guruṃ namāmi viṣṇuṃ puruṣottamaṃ tv aham || 8.44 ||

Translation

ഞാൻ പുരുഷോത്തമനായ വിഷ്ണുവിനെ നമസ്കരിക്കുന്നു—ത്രിവിധമായി സ്ഥാപിതനും കൈയിൽ തീക്ഷ്ണചക്രം ധരിച്ചവനും; നയധർമ്മത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നവനും അനുത്തമഗുണങ്ങളാൽ തൃപ്തനുമായവനും; ‘നിഃശ്രേയസ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനും, തടസ്സങ്ങളായ മറ്റെല്ലാം ക്ഷയിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഗുരുവും പൂജ്യ മാർഗ്ഗദർശിയും ആകുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• tridhā: in three ways
• tridhā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tridhā (अव्यय)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'in three ways')

• sthitam: situated/established
• sthitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्यय (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः विशेषण

• tigma-ratha-aṅga-pāṇinam: whose hand bears the sharp discus
• tigma-ratha-aṅga-pāṇinam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tigma (प्रातिपदिक) + ratha-aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास ('whose hand holds the sharp discus (rathāṅga)'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः विशेषण

• naya-sthitam: established in right conduct/policy
• naya-sthitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naya (प्रातिपदिक) + sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास ('in policy/justice' + 'situated'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः विशेषण

• tṛptam: content/satisfied
• tṛptam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛp (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्यय (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'satisfied/content'

• anuttamaiḥ: unsurpassed
• anuttamaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; गुणैः इति विशेषण

• guṇaiḥ: with qualities
• guṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• niḥśreyasa-ākhyam: called 'ultimate good/liberation'
• niḥśreyasa-ākhyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥśreyasa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास ('called niḥśreyasa' = 'final beatitude'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः विशेषण

• kṣapita-itaram: destroyer of others (evil)
• kṣapita-itaram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣapita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + itara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास ('destroyed' + 'others'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः विशेषण

• gurum: the venerable one/teacher
• gurum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• namāmi: I bow to
• namāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• viṣṇum: Vishnu
• viṣṇum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• puruṣottamam: Purushottama
• puruṣottamam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣottama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (emphatic/contrastive)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग (व्यवहारतः), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

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

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Sanskrit
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Stotra

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic stotra-style register that integrates theological epithets with ethical vocabulary (e.g., naya), illustrating how Purāṇic texts transmit devotion alongside normative ideals.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a doctrinal praise of Viṣṇu rather than a sacred-geography passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds alignment with naya (ethical order/right conduct) and presents the ‘highest good’ (niḥśreyasa) as the culminating aim, framed through reverential acknowledgment of an ideal guide (guru).