Varaha Purana 134.35: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 35

Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure

Upaspṛśya

Devanagari script

शैवालभक्षिता चैव ह्याकाशगमनं तथा ॥ ब्राह्मणो जायते भूमे क्रोधस्य च पथे स्थितः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 134.35

Transliteration

śaivāla-bhakṣitā caiva hy ākāśa-gamanaṃ tathā || brāhmaṇo jāyate bhūme krodhasya ca pathe sthitaḥ ||

Translation

(Sebagai akibat) memakan lumut/alga dan juga bergerak di angkasa. Kemudian di bumi seseorang lahir sebagai brāhmaṇa, namun tetap berada pada jalan kemarahan.

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Word by Word

• śaivāla-bhakṣitā: eaten with algae / algae-eaten
• śaivāla-bhakṣitā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaivāla + bhakṣita (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (sg); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘bhakṣita’ from √bhakṣ (भक्ष्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/खल्वर्थ (for/indeed)

• ākāśa-gamanaṃ: sky-travel / going through the sky
• ākāśa-gamanaṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāśa + gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (sg)

• tathā: thus/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (sg)

• jāyate: is born/arises
• jāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (जन्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg)

• bhūme: on/in the earth
• bhūme: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), षष्ठी/सप्तमी एकवचन (Gen./Loc. sg); here सप्तमी (Locative)

• krodhasya: of anger
• krodhasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (sg)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• pathe: on the path
• pathe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pathin/patha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (sg)

• sthitaḥ: standing/placed
• sthitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त) from √sthā (स्था)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (sg); भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dharma Ethics
• Social Categories in Sanskrit
• Moral Psychology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates a Purāṇic critique that social or ritual status does not guarantee ethical refinement; conduct (especially anger-control) remains central.

Which geographic location is identified?

Only “bhūmi” (earth) is referenced generically; no specific site is named.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Ethical transformation is not ensured by status; remaining on the ‘path of anger’ undermines spiritual and moral aims.