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Varaha Purana 119.4: Adhyaya 119, Shloka 4

Ritual Regulations on Permissible Foods for Offering and Consumption

उवाच धर्मसंयुक्तं धर्मज्ञो वाक्यकोविदः ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ येन मन्त्रेण संयुक्तो मम प्रापणकं नयेत् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 119.4

uvāca dharma-saṁyuktaṁ dharmajño vākya-kovidaḥ || śrī-varāha uvāca || yena mantreṇa saṁyukto mama prāpaṇakaṁ nayet

Baginda mengucapkan kata-kata yang bersangkut dengan dharma—baginda mengetahui dharma dan mahir bertutur. Śrī Varāha bersabda: “Dengan mantra apakah, setelah digabungkan, prāpaṇaka-Ku hendaklah dilaksanakan?”

उवाचsaid
उवाच:
क्रिया (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
धर्म-संयुक्तम्connected with dharma; righteous
धर्म-संयुक्तम्:
कर्म (Object—what was spoken/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मेण संयुक्तम् / धर्मसम्बद्धम्)
धर्मज्ञःknower of dharma
धर्मज्ञः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मं जानाति इति)
वाक्य-कोविदःskilled in speech
वाक्य-कोविदः:
कर्ता (Appositional to subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कोविद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वाक्येषु कोविदः)
श्री-वराहःŚrī-Varāha
श्री-वराहः:
कर्ता (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक) + वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (श्रीमान् वराहः)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
क्रिया (Speech act/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
येनby which
येन:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
मन्त्रेणwith a mantra
मन्त्रेण:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
संयुक्तःbeing joined/combined
संयुक्तः:
क्रिया (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-युज् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ममmy/of me
मम:
सम्बन्ध (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
प्रापणकम्means of attaining (me)
प्रापणकम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रापणक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नयेत्should lead/bring
नयेत्:
क्रिया (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनी (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Varāha (explicit)

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
M
Mantra-vidhi
D
Dharma Discourse

FAQs

It highlights the formal linkage between mantra and offering (dravya/karma), a key feature of Sanskrit ritual literature and a marker of textual systematization.

No geographic identification occurs in this verse.

That ritual practice should be integrated with dharma-oriented speech and correct formulaic knowledge, rather than performed mechanically.

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