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Varaha Purana 136.16: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 16

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

अद्यापि ते न जानन्ति ह्यनघे संहितव्रताः ॥ कृत्वा सुदुष्करं कर्म सर्वभूतपतिं हरिम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.16

adyāpi te na jānanti hy anaghe saṃhitavratāḥ || kṛtvā suduṣkaraṃ karma sarvabhūtapatiṃ harim ||

హే అనఘే! ఈనాటికీ సంయతవ్రతులు తెలియకున్నారు—అత్యంత దుష్కరమైన కర్మను చేసి కూడా—హరి సర్వభూతపతి అని.

अद्यापिeven today / still
अद्यापि:
Kālādhi karaṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय + निपात (adverb ‘even today/still’)
तेthey / those (you-pl.)
ते:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/स्त्री, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
जानन्तिknow
जानन्ति:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
अनघेO sinless one
अनघे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootअनघा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन
संहितव्रताःthose of disciplined vows
संहितव्रताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंहित+व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (संहितं व्रतं येषाम्/संहितव्रताः = ‘those whose vows are regulated/observed’)
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having done’
सुदुष्करम्very difficult
सुदुष्करम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु+दुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘कर्म’)
कर्मdeed
कर्म:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सर्वभूतपतिम्lord of all beings
सर्वभूतपतिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व+भूत+पति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां भूतानां पतिः)
हरिम्Hari (Vishnu)
हरिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विष्णु’

Varāha

P
Purāṇic Ethics
S
Sanskrit Syntax (ellipsis)
V
Vaiṣṇava Narrative Frame
T
Textual Criticism (context dependence)

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It exemplifies Purāṇic pedagogy: disciplined practitioners are depicted as still lacking insight, underscoring the text’s role as an explanatory authority within its narrative world.

No geographic location is mentioned in this verse.

Discipline alone is presented as insufficient without understanding; ethical and spiritual action requires discernment (jñāna) in addition to practice (vrata/karma).

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