Varaha Purana 147.7: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 7

The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa

the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release

Devanagari script

न वरं प्रार्थयत्येष लाभालाभसमन्वितः ॥ सूचकोऽपि न विद्येत बलिकर्मसु संयतः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 147.7

Transliteration

na varaṁ prārthayaty eṣa lābhālābha-samanvitaḥ || sūcako 'pi na vidyeta bali-karmasu saṁyataḥ

Translation

Ele não pediu dádiva alguma, mantendo-se equânime no ganho e na perda. Disciplinado nos ritos de oferenda, não havia nele sequer um indício de interesse próprio.

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Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (कर्म/Direct object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• prārthayati: requests
• prārthayati: Kriyā (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-arth (धातु: अर्थ्/अर्थय्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• eṣaḥ: this (person)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• lābha-alābha-samanvitaḥ: endowed with gain and loss (i.e., accepting both)
• lābha-alābha-samanvitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/attribute of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lābha + alābha + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक; समन्वित = कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from सम्+अन्वि/अन्वि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying eṣaḥ)

• sūcakaḥ: an informer/indicator
• sūcakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject of vidyeta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūcaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• vidyeta: should exist/be found
• vidyeta: Kriyā (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु: विद्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (भावे/अस्तित्वे: ‘be found’)

• bali-karmasu: in sacrificial/offerings-related rites
• bali-karmasu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बलि-सम्बन्धि कर्म)

• saṁyataḥ: restrained/self-controlled
• saṁyataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/attribute of sūcakaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṁyata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्+यम् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ascetic Ethics
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Ritual Culture

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents an ethical ideal—non-attachment and ritual restraint—embedded in Purāṇic storytelling rather than formal dharma-śāstra style.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named here; it continues describing the ascetic associated with the previously introduced sacred site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Equanimity toward gain/loss and disciplined practice without seeking rewards.