Varaha Purana 129.19: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 19

Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel

Devanagari script

सर्वाणि तानि त्यक्त्वेह ताम्रं च मम रोचते ॥ एतन्नारायणाच्छ्रुत्वा धर्मकामा वसुन्धरा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 129.19

Transliteration

sarvāṇi tāni tyaktveha tāmraṃ ca mama rocate || etan nārāyaṇāc chrutvā dharmakāmā vasundharā ||

Translation

“Dengan mengetepikan semua (bejana lain) di sini, hanya tembaga sahaja yang berkenan kepada-Ku.” Setelah mendengar hal ini daripada Nārāyaṇa, Vasundharā yang mendambakan dharma (pun menyahut/meneruskan).

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Word by Word

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective)

• तानि: those
• तानि: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• इह: here
• इह: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• ताम्रम्: copper
• ताम्रम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• मम: to me / my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• रोचते: is pleasing
• रोचते: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नारायणात्: from Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• धर्मकामा: desirous of dharma
• धर्मकामा: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थ (dharma-kāmā = desirous of dharma)

• वसुन्धरा: Vasundharā (Earth)
• वसुन्धरा: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha (as Nārāyaṇa) / narrative pivot to Pṛthivī

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Material Philology
• Ancient Technology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic valuation of copper, relevant to the history of ritual objects and South Asian metallurgical material culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit location is named; the verse focuses on preferred material (tāmra) rather than a tīrtha or region.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

That discernment in the means of giving/ritual (choice of vessel) is treated as part of dharma, not merely a technical detail.