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Varaha Purana 138.3: Adhyaya 138, Shloka 3

The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird

and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit

ततः कमलपत्राक्षी सर्वधर्मविदां वरा ॥ विस्मयं परमं गत्वा निर्वृत्तेनान्तरात्मना।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 138.3

tataḥ kamalapatrākṣī sarvadharmavidāṃ varā || vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā nirvṛttenāntarātmanā

Kemudian wanita bermata laksana kelopak teratai—yang utama antara para mengetahui segala dharma—setelah mencapai kehairanan tertinggi, menjadi tenteram dalam batin terdalamnya.

ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; काल/अनन्तर-निर्देशक अव्यय (then/thereafter)
कमलपत्र-अक्षीshe whose eyes are like lotus-petals
कमलपत्र-अक्षी:
Karta (कर्ता/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootकमल (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि/अक्षी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (कमलपत्रे इव अक्षिणी यस्याः सा)
सर्वधर्मविदाम्of the knowers of all dharmas
सर्वधर्मविदाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + विद् (धातु) → विद्/विद्- (प्रातिपदिक: विद्/विद् ‘knower’)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन; समासः (सर्वधर्मविद् = सर्वान् धर्मान् वेत्ति इति)
वराexcellent; best
वरा:
Karta (कर्ता/विषय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (श्रेष्ठा)
विस्मयम्astonishment
विस्मयम्:
Karma (कर्म/प्राप्त्यर्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootविस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन
परमम्supreme; great
परमम्:
Karma (कर्म/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd); एकवचन; विशेषण (विस्मयम् इति विशेष्यस्य)
गत्वाhaving attained; having reached
गत्वा:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययकृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having gone/attained)
निर्वृत्तेनwith a tranquil; pacified
निर्वृत्तेन:
Karana (करण/हेतु-उपकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्+वृत् (धातु) → निर्वृत्त (कृदन्त/भूतकृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (instrumental form); तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; विशेषण (अन्तरात्मना इति)
अन्तरात्मनाwith (her) inner self; in her heart
अन्तरात्मना:
Karana (करण/सहभाव)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

Narrator (transition to dialogue)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Dialogue
V
Vaishnavism

FAQs

It frames the affective shift after an embedded tale, preparing a new interrogative sequence typical of Purāṇic didactic dialogue.

The location is not yet specified here; the verse sets the emotional and narrative context for the subsequent questions about Saukārava-kṣetra.

Implicitly, it valorizes reflective calm and receptivity to instruction after hearing accounts of dharma and sacred places.

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