Varaha Purana 116.33: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 33

An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering

Pūrva Bhāga · Dharma-ācāra (Restraint and valuables as temptations)

Devanagari script

यस्य चित्तं न गच्छेतु ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ॥ मौक्तिकादीनि रत्नानि तथैव कनकानि च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 116.33

Transliteration

yasya cittaṃ na gacchet tu tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || mauktikādīni ratnāni tathaiva kanakāni ca ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Bagi sesiapa yang hatinya tidak menyimpang, apakah ada yang lebih membawa kesejahteraan daripada itu? Mutiara dan permata lain, demikian juga emas—semuanya boleh menarik hati.

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Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• cittam: mind
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: citta (प्रातिपदिक)

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात
• Role: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Root: na (अव्यय)

• gacchet: should go / would go
• Type: Verb
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: gam (धातु)

• tu: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; निपात
• Role: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: tu (अव्यय)

• tataḥ: than that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोग (ablatival adverb)
• Role: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान-अर्थ)
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)

• saukhyataram: more pleasant
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: saukhyatara (प्रातिपदिक)

• nu: indeed?/then?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; निपात
• Role: Prashna-nipata (प्रश्न-निपात)
• Root: nu (अव्यय)

• kim: what
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• mauktika-ādīni: pearls and the like
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: मौक्तिकं आदिः येषाम् (beginning with pearls)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: mauktika (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)

• ratnāni: gems
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)

• tathā: thus / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus/so)
• Role: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)

• eva: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)
• Role: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Root: eva (अव्यय)

• kanakāni: gold (pieces)
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: kanaka (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
• Role: Samucchaya (समुच्चय)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

Sandhi Notes

• gacchet tu split as gacchet + tu
• tathaiva split as tathā + eva
• mauktikādīni resolved as mauktika-ādīni (ā + ā → ā)

Speaker and setting

Shanta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Curious; reflective about human attachment

What she asks

How can the mind be kept from straying toward alluring objects like gems and gold?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Vairāgya-oriented ethics

Subjects

EthicsSelf-ControlMaterial Culture

Core idea

Objects of value are primary triggers for citta-vikṣepa; sukha is mental non-deviation.

In practice

Practice contentment, limit acquisition, and observe the mind’s pull toward luxury; redirect attention to dharma and inner cultivation.

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Instruction to Bhū-devī on preventing mental distraction by wealth-objects (pearls, jewels, gold).

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Sanskrit Material Lexicon

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides lexical evidence for valuables (pearls, jewels, gold) in Sanskrit discourse and frames them within an ethical psychology of temptation and restraint.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To cultivate steadiness of mind and resist being led astray by attractive material objects.