Varaha Purana 151.44: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 44

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

मोदते ऋषिलोकेषु ऋषिकन्याभिसंवृतः ॥ अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्रागलोभविवर्जितः

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 151.44

Transliteration

modate ṛṣilokeṣu ṛṣikanyābhisaṃvṛtaḥ || athātra muñcate prāṇān rāgalobhavivarjitaḥ

Translation

ऋषिलोकेषु ऋषिकन्याभिसंवृतः स मोदते। अथात्र रागलोभविवर्जितः प्राणान् परित्यजति॥

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Word by Word

• modate: rejoices
• modate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mud (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; आत्मनेपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन

• ṛṣi-lokeṣu: in the worlds of sages
• ṛṣi-lokeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘worlds of sages’)

• ṛṣi-kanyā-abhi-saṃvṛtaḥ: surrounded by the daughters of sages
• ṛṣi-kanyā-abhi-saṃvṛtaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + kanyā (प्रातिपदिक) + abhi (उपसर्ग) + saṃvṛta (कृदन्त; √vṛ (धातु) PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; PPP qualifying (implicit) saḥ/naraḥ; compound: ‘surrounded by sage-daughters’

• atha: then
• atha: Discourse marker (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• muñcate: releases/gives up
• muñcate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; आत्मनेपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन

• prāṇān: life-breaths
• prāṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• rāga-lobha-vivarjitaḥ: free from attachment and greed
• rāga-lobha-vivarjitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāga (प्रातिपदिक) + lobha (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (कृदन्त; vi√vṛj/√vṛj?—PPP ‘devoid of/avoided’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; compound meaning ‘devoid of passion and greed’; qualifies (implicit) saḥ

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ethics
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It juxtaposes enjoyment in elevated realms with the ethical requirement of inner detachment, illustrating a Purāṇic synthesis of cosmology and moral psychology.

Which geographic location is identified?

No new terrestrial location is specified in this verse; it describes ṛṣi-lokas (cosmic/otherworldly realms) as the result-context.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Freedom from rāga (attachment) and lobha (greed) is highlighted as the defining moral condition accompanying the described outcome.