Varaha Purana 136.9: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 9

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

मम दोषापराधस्य शृणु तत्त्वेन यत्फलम् ॥ जम्बुको जायते भूमौ वर्षाणां नव पञ्च च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.9

Transliteration

mama doṣāparādhasya śṛṇu tattvena yatphalam || jambuko jāyate bhūmau varṣāṇāṃ nava pañca ca ||

Translation

Ouve, em verdade, o fruto da minha falta e da minha ofensa: nasce-se na terra como chacal por nove e cinco anos, isto é, catorze anos.

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Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• दोषापराधस्य: of (my) faults and offenses
• दोषापराधस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष + अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व समास (copulative)

• शृणु: hear / listen
• शृणु: क्रिया (Verb); आज्ञार्थ (imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• तत्त्वेन: truly / in reality
• तत्त्वेन: करण (तृतीया/Instrument)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); भावे—‘in truth/according to reality’ (adverbial instrumental)

• यत्: which
• यत्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative)

• फलम्: result / fruit
• फलम्: कर्म (द्वितीया/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• जम्बुकः: a jackal
• जम्बुकः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जायते: is born / arises
• जायते: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद

• भूमौ: on the earth / on ground
• भूमौ: अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive of measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नव: nine
• नव: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवन् (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral); अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable-like)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral); अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable-like)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified (dialogue frame suggests Varāha addressing Pṛthivī, but not explicit in this verse)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Moral Philosophy
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic didactic mode in which ethical transgression is explained through karmic consequence and rebirth imagery, used to communicate moral causality in narrative form.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym is named in this verse; it only states 'on the earth' (bhūmau).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Actions described as fault/offense (doṣa–aparādha) are presented as producing concrete consequences, underscoring moral accountability.