Varaha Purana 96.45: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 45

The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā

Devanagari script

याचयामासुरव्यग्रास्तास्तां देवीं बुभुक्षिताः ॥ वयं देवि सुधार्ताः स्मो देहि नो भोजनं शुभे ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 96.45

Transliteration

yācayāmāsur avyagrās tāstāṃ devīṃ bubhukṣitāḥ || vayaṃ devi sudhārtāḥ smo dehi no bhojanaṃ śubhe ||

Translation

വിശപ്പോടെ വ്യഗ്രരായി അവർ ആ ദേവിയെ അപേക്ഷിച്ചു—“ഹേ ദേവി, ഞങ്ങൾ വിശപ്പാൽ പീഡിതരാണ്; ഹേ ശുഭേ, ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് ആഹാരം തരണമേ।”

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Word by Word

• yācayāmāsuḥ: they begged/implored
• yācayāmāsuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yāc (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्शभूत), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• avyagrāḥ: unagitated, not distracted
• avyagrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyagra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण (adjective)

• tāḥ: they (those women)
• tāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• bubhukṣitāḥ: hungry
• bubhukṣitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bubhukṣita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण (adjective)

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• sudhā-ārtāḥ: afflicted by hunger/thirst (lit. distressed for nectar/food)
• sudhā-ārtāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sudhā + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास (dependent determinative); पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण

• smaḥ: are
• smaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (plural); ‘अस्मः’ (we are)

• dehi: give
• dehi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular)

• naḥ: to us
• naḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-बहुवचन-रूप (genitive/dative plural enclitic); here दत्तकर्म-सम्प्रदानार्थे (dative sense)

• bhojanam: food
• bhojanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• śubhe: O auspicious one
• śubhe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhā/śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण used as संबोधन

Speaker

Unspecified group (petitioners addressing Devī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava Intertext
• Indic Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative motif: beings approach a divine figure with a practical need (here, hunger), reflecting how Purāṇas encode social anxieties into mythic dialogue.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic location is named in this verse fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds the ethics of appeal and response—need is articulated through supplication, preparing the ground for a negotiated resolution rather than immediate violence.