Varaha Purana 209.7: Adhyaya 209, Shloka 7

Description of the Greatness of the Pativratā

Marital Fidelity and Ethical Devotion

Devanagari script

देवानामपि सा साध्वी पूज्या परमशोभना ॥ भर्त्रा चाभिहिता यापि न प्रत्याख्यायिनी भवेत् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 209.7

Transliteration

devānām api sā sādhvī pūjyā paramaśobhanā || bhartrā cābhihitā yāpi na pratyākhyāyinī bhavet

Translation

Wanita sādhvī itu layak dihormati bahkan di kalangan para dewa, amat berseri; dan walaupun suaminya menegur atau memanggilnya, janganlah dia menjadi orang yang menolak kata-katanya.

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Word by Word

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• api: even; also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sādhvī: virtuous woman
• sādhvī: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate-nominal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sādhvī (साध्वी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• pūjyā: worthy of worship
• pūjyā: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate-nominal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (पूज्य) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: to be worshipped)

• parama-śobhanā: supremely beautiful
• parama-śobhanā: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate-nominal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + śobhanā (शोभना प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (परमा शोभना)

• bhartrā: by the husband
• bhartrā: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (भर्तृ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• abhihitā: addressed; spoken to
• abhihitā: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate-nominal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi-√dhā (धा धातु) / abhihita (अभिहित) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP: addressed/said to)

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (कर्ता/Relative-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (even/also)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• praty-ākhyāyinī: one who rejects; one who answers back
• praty-ākhyāyinī: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate-nominal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praty-ā-√khyā (ख्या धातु) + inī (इनी प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त/तद्धित-प्राय (agent-noun: one who rejects/answers back)

• bhavet: should be; may become
• bhavet: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Yama

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Dharma Discourse

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates how Purāṇic texts elevate certain domestic virtues to cosmic esteem, a feature relevant to the study of normative ethics in South Asian literary history.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse presents an ideal of respectful, non-confrontational responsiveness within marriage, framed as a highly valued ethical quality.