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Varaha Purana 39.58: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 58

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

देवं दद्यान्महाभागस्ततो विप्रांश्च भोजयेत् । भूरीणा परमान्नेन ततः पश्चात् स्वयं नरः । भुञ्जीत सहितो बालैर्वाग्यतः संयतेन्द्रियः ॥ ३९.५८ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 39.58

devaṃ dadyān mahābhāgas tato viprāṃś ca bhojayet | bhūrīṇā paramānnena tataḥ paścāt svayaṃ naraḥ | bhuñjīta sahito bālair vāgyataḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ || 39.58 ||

A pessoa afortunada deve primeiro oferecer à divindade; depois, alimentar os brāhmaṇas com comida abundante e excelente. Em seguida, o homem deve comer ele mesmo com as crianças, refreando a fala e com os sentidos controlados.

देवम्the deity (image/representation)
देवम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should give)
महाभागःthe fortunate one / noble person
महाभागः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारयसमास (‘महान् भागः यस्य’/‘महाभागः’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थक (then/thereafter)
विप्रान्Brahmins
विप्रान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Accusative plural)
and
:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
भोजयेत्should feed
भोजयेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज्/भोज् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
Formणिजन्त (causative) धातु; विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should feed)
भूरीणाabundantly, in plenty
भूरीणा:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभूरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular); परमान्नेन इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (abundantly)
परम-अन्नेनwith excellent food
परम-अन्नेन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारयसमास (‘परमम् अन्नम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereafter)
पश्चात्afterwards
पश्चात्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपश्चात् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (afterwards)
स्वयम्himself
स्वयम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; आत्मवाचक (oneself)
नरःthe man
नरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
भुञ्जीतshould eat
भुञ्जीत:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (should eat)
सहितःaccompanied
सहितः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from सह्)
Formभूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; नरः इति विशेषणम् (accompanied)
बालैःwith children
बालैः:
Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)
वाक्-यतःrestrained in speech
वाक्-यतः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवाक् (प्रातिपदिक) + यत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from यम्)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; नरः इति विशेषणम्; अर्थः—वाणी-निग्रहयुक्तः (restrained in speech)
संयत-इन्द्रियःone whose senses are controlled
संयत-इन्द्रियः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसंयत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from यम् with सम्) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुव्रीहिसमास (‘संयतानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; नरः इति विशेषणम्

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

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
D
Dharmaśāstra Interface
V
Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

It reflects a normative household sequence found across Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra-adjacent literature: offering to a deity, hospitality/feeding of learned guests, and only then the household’s own meal, framed as disciplined conduct.

No geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is a general prescriptive instruction rather than a site-specific passage.

Prioritizing giving and hospitality before personal consumption, coupled with self-restraint—controlled speech (vāgyama) and sensory discipline (indriya-saṃyama)—as markers of ethical comportment.

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