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Varaha Purana 71.28: Adhyaya 71, Shloka 28

Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account

एवमुक्तो गौतमोऽथ तान् मुनीन् प्राह धर्मवित् । प्रायश्चित्तं गोवध्याया दीयतां मे तपोधनाः ॥ ७१.२८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 71.28

evamukto gautamo ’tha tān munīn prāha dharmavit | prāyaścittaṃ govadhyāyā dīyatāṃ me tapodhanāḥ || 71.28 ||

Tak zapytany, Gautama, znawca dharmy, przemówił do tych mędrców: O wy, których bogactwem jest asceza, wskażcie mi ekspiację, prāyaścittę, za zabicie krowy.

एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)
उक्तःaddressed/spoken to
उक्तः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; गौतमः इति विशेषण (having been spoken to)
गौतमःGautama
गौतमः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)
तान्those
तान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
मुनीन्sages
मुनीन्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
प्राहsaid
प्राह:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आह्/अह् (धातु; आह इति)
Formलिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
धर्मवित्knower of dharma
धर्मवित्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्म + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मं वेत्ति); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; गौतमः इति विशेषण
प्रायश्चित्तम्expiation/penance
प्रायश्चित्तम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (कर्म) प्रार्थ्य-वस्तु
गोवध्यायाःof cow-killing
गोवध्यायाः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootगोवध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (गोः वध्या/वधः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
दीयताम्let (it) be given
दीयताम्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): let it be given
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन
तपोधनाःO you whose wealth is austerity
तपोधनाः:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुव्रीहि-समास (तपः धनं येषां ते); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), बहुवचन

Gautama

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Dharma
S
Sanskrit Philology
E
Ethical Jurisprudence

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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of ethical jurisprudence in which authoritative figures (sages and dharma-knowers) articulate prāyaścitta frameworks, paralleling broader Dharmaśāstra traditions while embedding them in narrative dialogue.

No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; the focus is on a juridical-ethical request (prāyaścitta) rather than sacred geography.

The verse foregrounds accountability for harm and the principle that serious transgressions (here, cow-killing) are addressed through formally prescribed expiatory disciplines within a dharma-guided community of sages.

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