Varaha Purana 148.4: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 4

The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline

Devanagari script

श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ अहं नारायणो देवः सर्वधर्मव्यपाश्रयः ॥ मात्सर्यं चैव मे नास्ति तेनाहं परमः प्रभुः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 148.4

Transliteration

śrīvarāha uvāca || ahaṁ nārāyaṇo devaḥ sarvadharmavyapāśrayaḥ || mātsaryaṁ caiva me nāsti tenāhaṁ paramaḥ prabhuḥ

Translation

Śrī Varāha bersabda: Aku ialah Nārāyaṇa, Dewa, tempat bergantungnya segala dharma. Dan tiada iri hati dalam diri-Ku; maka Aku adalah Tuhan Yang Maha Utama.

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Word by Word

• śrī-varāhaḥ: Śrī-Varāha
• śrī-varāhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + varāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् वराहः)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun

• nārāyaṇaḥ: Nārāyaṇa
• nārāyaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to aham

• devaḥ: god
• devaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); apposition

• sarva-dharma-vyapāśrayaḥ: support/refuge of all dharmas
• sarva-dharma-vyapāśrayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + vyapāśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वधर्माणां व्यपाश्रयः = आधारः/आश्रयः)

• mātsaryam: jealousy
• mātsaryam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātsarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); subject of nāsti

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक निपात)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारणार्थक निपात)

• me: of me/in me
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); enclitic pronoun

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेधार्थक निपात)

• asti: is
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• tena: therefore/by that
• tena: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun

• paramaḥ: supreme
• paramaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective to aham

• prabhuḥ: lord
• prabhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Purāṇic Theology
• Ethical Discourse

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides a concise self-identification formula characteristic of sectarian and integrative Purāṇic composition, where a form (Varāha) is equated with a broader divine identity (Nārāyaṇa).

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named; the verse is doctrinal and ethical rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The explicit ethical claim is the absence of mātsarya (envy), presented as a marker of ideal sovereignty and moral authority.