Varaha Purana 137.83: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 83

The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field

Devanagari script

मां स द्रष्टुं न शक्नोति मम तेजःप्रमोहितः॥ ततो निमीलिताक्षेण कृत्वा शिरसि चाञ्जलिम्॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 137.83

Transliteration

māṃ sa draṣṭuṃ na śaknoti mama tejaḥ-pramohitaḥ || tato nimīlitākṣeṇa kṛtvā śirasi cāñjalim ||

Translation

Dia tidak mampu memandangku, kerana terpesona oleh sinar kemuliaanku; maka dengan mata terpejam, dia merapatkan kedua telapak tangan dan meletakkannya di atas kepala sebagai salam hormat.

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Word by Word

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); ‘me’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘he’

• draṣṭum: to see
• draṣṭum: Prayojana/Anukūla (प्रयोजन/अनुकूल—infinitival complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), ‘to see’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• śaknoti: is able
• śaknoti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śak (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of me/my’

• tejaḥ-pramohitaḥ: bewildered by (my) radiance
• tejaḥ-pramohitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक) + pra-mohita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √muh)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ—‘(my) splendor having deluded (him)’ = dazzled by my radiance

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverb: then/from that)

• nimīlita-akṣeṇa: with (his) eyes closed
• nimīlita-akṣeṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nimīlita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √mīl) + akṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-आश्रय, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘with eyes closed’

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having done/made’

• śirasi: on (his) head
• śirasi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘on the head’

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

• añjalim: a reverential gesture (folded hands)
• añjalim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: añjali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘añjali’ (folded hands)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a standard Sanskrit narrative trope: overwhelming divine tejas (radiance) limits direct perception, prompting embodied gestures of respect (añjali), a motif also found across epics and Purāṇas.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this segment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Recognition of one’s limits before overwhelming power, expressed through restraint and respectful conduct.