Varaha Purana 136.124: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 124

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

मूर्खः स पापकर्मा च मम कर्मपरायणः ॥ यांस्तु दोषान्प्रपद्येत संसारं च वसुन्धरे ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.124

Transliteration

mūrkhaḥ sa pāpakarmā ca mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || yāṁs tu doṣān prapadyeta saṁsāraṁ ca vasundhare

Translation

Dia itu seorang yang dungu, pelaku perbuatan berdosa, dan tekun pada perbuatan sedemikian. Wahai Vasundharā, apa jua cela yang ditanggungnya, dia juga jatuh ke dalam saṁsāra (putaran kelahiran dan kematian).

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• मूर्खः: a fool
• मूर्खः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• पापकर्मा: one of sinful deeds
• पापकर्मा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य कर्म = whose deeds are sinful)

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

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कर्मपरायणः: devoted to (my) service/acts
• कर्मपरायणः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मन् + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कर्मणि परायणः = devoted to action/service)

• यान्: which (those)
• यान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• दोषान्: faults/sins
• दोषान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रपद्येत: would incur/come to
• प्रपद्येत: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• संसारम्: worldly existence / cycle of rebirth
• संसारम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• वसुन्धरे: O Earth (Vasundharā)
• वसुन्धरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Karma and Saṁsāra
• Sanskrit Moral Vocabulary

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic moral causality: ethical failure is linguistically tied to ‘doṣa’ and to continued entanglement in saṁsāra, a recurring didactic theme across Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference appears in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It warns that persistent wrongdoing and attachment to harmful action lead to fault (doṣa) and continued bondage in the cycle of worldly existence (saṁsāra).