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Varaha Purana 92.5: Adhyaya 92, Shloka 5

The Demon King’s Council Deliberation and the Mobilization of an Army to Conquer the Devas

यदि वो रोचते वाक्यं मदीयं मन्त्रिसत्तमाः । तदानीं तां शुभां देवीं गत्वा याचन्तु मन्त्रिणः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 92.5

yadi vo rocate vākyaṃ madīyaṃ mantrisattamāḥ | tadānīṃ tāṃ śubhāṃ devīṃ gatvā yācantu mantriṇaḥ ||

Wahai para menteri yang utama, jika kata-kataku ini berkenan pada kalian, maka segeralah para menteri pergi dan memohon secara rasmi kepada Dewi yang membawa keberkatan itu.

यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; शर्तार्थक (if)
वःto you / for you
वः:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम, प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन; enclitic ‘to you/your’
रोचतेpleases/is agreeable
रोचते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootरुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
वाक्यम्the proposal/words
वाक्यम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
मदीयम्my
मदीयम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (my)
मन्त्रि-सत्तमाःO best of ministers
मन्त्रि-सत्तमाः:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन/प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मन्त्रिणां सत्तमाः)
तदानीम्then
तदानीम्:
Kala (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदानीम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (then/at that time)
ताम्that (her)
ताम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम, प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
शुभाम्auspicious
शुभाम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण
देवीम्the देवी/maiden-lady
देवीम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/क्त्वा), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having gone)
याचन्तुlet them request
याचन्तु:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयाच् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative/लोट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
मन्त्रिणःthe ministers
मन्त्रिणः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

Vighasa (contextual continuation)

P
Purāṇic Literature
E
Envoy Protocol
R
Rāja-nīti
C
Court Procedure

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It documents a normative diplomatic step—dispatching ministers as envoys—common in Sanskrit political storytelling and policy discourse.

No geographic location is named in this verse.

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