Varaha Purana 201.8: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 8

The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers

Devanagari script

चित्रगुप्तो महाबाहुः सर्वलोकार्थचिन्तकः ॥ समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु भूतानां च समादिशत् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.8

Transliteration

citragupto mahābāhuḥ sarvalokārthacintakaḥ || samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu bhūtānāṃ ca samādiśat ||

Translation

Citragupta yang berlengan perkasa, memikirkan kesejahteraan semua alam dan bersikap saksama terhadap segala makhluk, lalu mengeluarkan perintah mengenai makhluk-makhluk itu.

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Word by Word

• चित्रगुप्तः: Citragupta
• चित्रगुप्तः: कर्ता (Kartā; subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रगुप्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (proper name); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• महाबाहुः: mighty-armed
• महाबाहुः: कर्ता (Kartā; subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (descriptive: ‘great-armed’); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying चित्रगुप्तः)

• सर्वलोकार्थचिन्तकः: concerned with the welfare of all worlds
• सर्वलोकार्थचिन्तकः: कर्ता (Kartā; subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लोक + अर्थ + चिन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘one who thinks of the welfare/meaning of all worlds’); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• समः: impartial/equal
• समः: कर्ता (Kartā; subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa; locus ‘among/in’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying भूतेषु)

• भूतेषु: among beings
• भूतेषु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa; among beings)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• भूतानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha; genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• समादिशत्: commanded/ordered
• समादिशत्: क्रिया (Kriyā; main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दिश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Dharma and Administration
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves an idealized portrait of cosmic administration: power coupled with impartiality, reflecting normative political-ethical ideals in Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Impartiality toward all beings (samatā) is presented as a governing principle for legitimate authority.