Varaha Purana 196.35: Adhyaya 196, Shloka 35

Description of the City of Dharmarāja

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Devanagari script

तत्रापरे वृक्षषण्डा नित्यपुष्पफलान्विताः ॥ ते च कामप्रदा नित्यं तथा द्विजसमायुताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 196.35

Transliteration

tatrāpare vṛkṣa-ṣaṇḍā nitya-puṣpa-phalānvitāḥ || te ca kāmapradā nityaṃ tathā dvija-samāyutāḥ ||

Translation

అక్కడ మరికొన్ని వృక్షసమూహాలు ఉన్నాయి; అవి నిత్యం పుష్పఫలాలతో యుక్తంగా ఉంటాయి. అవి ఎల్లప్పుడూ కోరిన వరాలను ఇస్తాయి; అలాగే అక్కడ ద్విజులు కూడా సమవేతమై ఉంటారు।

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Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• apare: others
• apare: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)

• vṛkṣa-ṣaṇḍāḥ: groves/clusters of trees
• vṛkṣa-ṣaṇḍāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: vṛkṣāṇāṃ ṣaṇḍāḥ

• nitya-puṣpa-phala-anvitāḥ: endowed with constant flowers and fruits
• nitya-puṣpa-phala-anvitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक, anu√i)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying vṛkṣa-ṣaṇḍāḥ; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: nityaiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalaiś ca anvitāḥ

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय)

• kāma-pradāḥ: wish-granting
• kāma-pradāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); adjective to te/vṛkṣa-ṣaṇḍāḥ; तत्पुरुष: kāmān pradadāti iti

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• tathā: also; likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb/particle (निपात-अव्यय)

• dvija-samāyutāḥ: accompanied by twice-born (brahmins)
• dvija-samāyutāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyuta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक, sam-ā√yuj)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); adjective to te; तत्पुरुष: dvijaiḥ samāyutāḥ (accompanied by brāhmaṇas)

Speaker

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Ecological Imaginaries
• Ancient Garden Culture

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a mythic-ecological motif—trees bearing perennial flowers and fruits—useful for studying how Purāṇic texts imagine abundance and ideal environments.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit location-name is given; it refers to groves 'there' within the chapter’s described realm.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, the verse associates flourishing groves with cultural refinement and learned presence, suggesting a value placed on sustaining verdant, life-supporting spaces.