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Varaha Purana 116.36: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 36

An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering

यस्तु जीवति सन्तुष्टः स सुखायोपपद्यते ॥ भर्तुस्तु वै व्रतं स्त्रीणामेवमेव वसुन्धरे ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 116.36

yas tu jīvati santuṣṭaḥ sa sukhāyopapadyate | bhartus tu vai vrataṃ strīṇām evam eva vasundhare ||

సంతృప్తితో జీవించేవాడు సుఖానికి అర్హుడు. ఓ వసుంధరా, స్త్రీల వ్రతం/ధర్మం భర్తుపరాయణతయే అని చెప్పబడింది.

यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक
तुindeed/but
तु:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपात
जीवतिlives
जीवति:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजीव् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
सन्तुष्टःcontent/satisfied
सन्तुष्टः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसन्तुष्ट (कृदन्त; सम् + तुष् (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण (predicate adjective)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अन्वादेश (correlative)
सुखायfor happiness
सुखाय:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootसुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (for the sake of)
उपपद्यतेattains; comes to
उपपद्यते:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप + पद् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: उप-
भर्तुःof the husband
भर्तुः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
तुindeed/but
तु:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपात
वैindeed
वै:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपात (emphatic)
व्रतम्vow/duty
व्रतम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
स्त्रीणाम्of women
स्त्रीणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)
एवonly/indeed
एव:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधारण (only/just)
वसुन्धरेO Earth (Vasundharā)
वसुन्धरे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
S
Social Ethics
D
Dharma-shastra Interface

FAQs

It combines a widely attested virtue (santoṣa) with a period-specific social norm, illustrating how Purāṇic discourse often blends universal ethics with historical household conventions.

No geographic location is identified; “Vasundharā” is an address to Earth as a speaking figure.

Contentment is presented as a direct basis for happiness; the verse also reflects a traditional framing of household duties.

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