Varaha Purana 71.40: Adhyaya 71, Shloka 40
Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account
Pūrva Bhāga · Dharma-śāstric Dialogue and Ascetic Ethics
तच्छ्रुत्वा क्रूरवचनं गौतमस्य महामुनेः । ऊचुः सप्तर्षयो मैवं सर्वकालं द्विजोत्तमाः । भवन्तु किं तु ते वाक्यं मोघं नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥ ७१.४० ॥
tac chrutvā krūravacanaṁ gautamasya mahāmuneḥ | ūcuḥ saptarṣayo maivaṁ sarvakālaṁ dvijottamāḥ | bhavantu kiṁ tu te vākyaṁ moghaṁ nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ || 71.40 ||
tachChrutvA krUravachanaM gautamasya mahAmuneH | UchuH saptarShayo maivaM sarvakAlaM dvijottamAH | bhavantu kiM tu te vAkyaM moghaM nAstyatra saMshayaH || 71.40 ||
Setelah mendengar kata-kata keras Mahāmuni Gautama, Tujuh Ṛṣi berkata: “Janganlah demikian, wahai yang terbaik antara yang dua kali lahir. Namun sabda tuan tidak akan sia-sia; tiada keraguan tentang hal ini.”
Sandhi Notes
- tac chrutvā → tat śrutvā
- maivaṁ → mā evam
- nāsty → na asti
Saptarṣi (collective voice of the Seven Sages)
Vāk (speech) is a moral force: it should be governed, and when uttered by a realized person it is not empty but causally potent.
Cultivate satya-hita-mita-vākya (true, beneficial, measured speech); avoid ‘krūra-vacana’ that harms or sets destructive outcomes in motion.
Speech (especially a sage’s utterance) is treated as efficacious and consequential; harsh words should be restrained, yet once spoken they inevitably bear fruit.
Measured speech preserves harmony; harsh or fated utterance, once released, is understood to manifest results and cannot be rendered ‘vain’.
71.71.41-42 (Kali-yuga consequences of words and conduct)
FAQs
It preserves a typical Purāṇic narrative device: authoritative sages (the Saptarṣi) respond to a senior ascetic’s pronouncement, emphasizing the performative power of speech and the inevitability of its consequences within the story-world.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily a dialogue exchange about a statement made by Gautama.
The verse highlights restraint and correction regarding harsh speech (“mā evaṁ”), while simultaneously asserting that spoken words—especially those of an authoritative figure—carry inevitable effect and are not futile (“te vākyaṁ moghaṁ nāsti”).
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