Varaha Purana 170.71: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 71

The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship

including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics

Devanagari script

स्वस्थो भव महाभाग मा स्म शोके मनः कृथाः ॥ इत्युक्तः स तु गोकर्णस्तदा तेन शुकेन च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 170.71

Transliteration

svastho bhava mahābhāga mā sma śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ | ity uktaḥ sa tu gokarṇas tadā tena śukena ca ||

Translation

“మహాభాగుడా, నిశ్చింతగా ఉండు; శోకంలో మనస్సు పెట్టకు.” అని ఆ సమయంలో శుకుడు గోకర్ణునితో అన్నాడు.

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Word by Word

• स्वस्थः: healthy/at ease
• स्वस्थः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative sense)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective (addressed)

• भव: become/be
• भव: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (महान् भागः यस्य सः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात; prohibitive used with लोट्/विधिलिङ्

• स्म: (emphasis)
• स्म: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; prohibitive/emphatic with मा

• शोके: in grief
• शोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative ‘in grief’

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of कृथाः

• कृथाः: make (it) / place (it)
• कृथाः: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘make/do’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्तः: (having been) addressed/told
• उक्तः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उक्त (√वच् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘having been told/said to’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तु: then/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• गोकर्णः: Gokarṇa
• गोकर्णः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; proper noun

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (करण/Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental

• शुकेन: by the parrot
• शुकेन: Karana (करण/Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Śuka

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Didactic Dialogue
• Ethical Instruction

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a conventional Sanskrit consolatory idiom used in didactic narratives, illustrating how moral instruction is delivered through dialogue.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivate mental steadiness and avoid grief; composure is presented as a prerequisite for right action and understanding.