Varaha Purana 39.67: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 67

Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानि इह लोककृतान्यपि । अकामे कामतो वापि तानि नश्यन्ति तत्क्षणात् ॥ ३९.६७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 39.67

Transliteration

brahmahatyādipāpāni iha lokakṛtāny api | akāme kāmato vāpi tāni naśyanti tatkṣaṇāt || 39.67 ||

Translation

ବ୍ରହ୍ମହତ୍ୟା ଆଦି ପାପ, ଏହି ଲୋକରେ କୃତ ହେଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ—ଅକାମେ କିମ୍ବା ଇଚ୍ଛାକୃତ ଭାବେ—(ସେହି ବିଧାନରେ) ତତ୍କ୍ଷଣାତ୍ ନଶିଯାଏ।

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• brahmahatyā-ādi-pāpāni: sins such as brahmin-slaying
• brahmahatyā-ādi-pāpāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmahatyā + ādi + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; tatpuruṣa (ब्रह्महत्यादीनि पापानि)

• iha: here/in this world
• iha: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), deictic adverb (देशवाचक)

• loka-kṛtāni: done in the world
• loka-kṛtāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loka + kṛta (कृ धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; past passive participle (क्त, kṛta) used adjectivally; tatpuruṣa (लोके कृतानि)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)

• akāme: without desire / unwillingly
• akāme: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in absence of desire/unwillingly’ (भावे सप्तमी)

• kāmataḥ: out of desire/voluntarily
• kāmataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), tasil-anta adverb (तसिल्-प्रत्यय), ‘from/through desire’

• vā: or
• vā: Samuccaya/Vikalpa (समुच्चय/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), disjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक निपात)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)

• tāni: those (sins)
• tāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• naśyanti: perish/are destroyed
• naśyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (नश् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, present), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Plural

• tat-kṣaṇāt: at that very moment / instantly
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; tatpuruṣa (तस्मिन् क्षणे/ततः क्षणात्) used as ‘immediately’

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma-śāstra discourse
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of ethical discourse and prāyaścitta (purificatory) ideology, using the category of major transgressions (e.g., brahma-hatyā) to emphasize the claimed efficacy of a particular sacred context or practice described in the surrounding passage.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse fragment; any location would need to be inferred from adjacent verses in Adhyāya 39.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse distinguishes between unintentional (akāma) and intentional (kāmataḥ) wrongdoing while asserting that, within the text’s stated framework, even severe demerit can be neutralized immediately—highlighting a doctrine of moral purification tied to prescribed sacred means.