Varaha Purana 116.6: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 6

An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering

Devanagari script

न ग्लानिर्न जरा तस्य न मोहॊ रॊग एव च ।। भुजाष्टादश जायन्ते धन्वी खड्गी शरि गदी

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 116.6

Transliteration

na glānir na jarā tasya na moho roga eva ca || bhujāṣṭādaśa jāyante dhanvī khaḍgī śarī gadī

Translation

त्याला न ग्लानी, न जरा, न मोह आणि न रोग असतो. त्याच्या अठरा भुजा प्रकट होतात—तो धनुर्धर, खड्गधारी, शरधारी व गदाधारी होतो.

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Word by Word

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle), अव्यय

• ग्लानिः: weariness/decline
• ग्लानिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्लानि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle), अव्यय

• जरा: old age
• जरा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle), अव्यय

• मोहः: delusion
• मोहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• रोगः: disease
• रोगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (particle of emphasis), अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction), अव्यय

• भुजाष्टादश: eighteen arms
• भुजाष्टादश: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजा-अष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (भुजा), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘eighteen arms’ as a set; संख्यापूर्वपद-समास

• जायन्ते: are born/arise
• जायन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• धन्वी: bow-bearing
• धन्वी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘bow-bearing’

• खड्गी: sword-bearing
• खड्गी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खड्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘sword-bearing’

• शरी: arrow-bearing
• शरी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘arrow-bearing’ (from शरिन्)

• गदी: mace-bearing
• गदी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गदिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘mace-bearing’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Purāṇic Mythic Imagery

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic idiom where spiritual merit is expressed through idealized bodily perfection and iconographic attributes (multiple arms, weapons).

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse functions as an incentive statement: disciplined observance is associated with freedom from afflictions and symbolic empowerment.