Varaha Purana 201.46: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 46

The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers

Uttara Bhāga · Yama–Citragupta–Dūta-saṃvāda (Dharmic Administration and Death)

Devanagari script

रोषायासकरं चैव सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः ॥ अहं त्वं चैव देवेश इमं लोकं चराचरम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.46

Transliteration

roṣāyāsakaraṃ caiva sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ || ahaṃ tvaṃ caiva deveśa imaṃ lokaṃ carācaram ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

ఆయన క్రోధమును శ్రమను కలిగించువాడైనను, సమస్త లోకములచే నమస్కరింపబడువాడు. ఓ దేవేశా! నేను నీవు ఈ చరాచర లోకమును పాలించుచున్నాము.

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Word by Word

• रोषायासकरं: causing anger and exertion
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (रोष-आयासयोः करम् = causing anger and fatigue)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: रोष (प्रातिपदिक) + आयास (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic/indeed)
• Role: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः: worshipped by all people
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (नमस्+कृ, क्त), तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वलोकैः नमस्कृतः = worshipped by all worlds/people)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + नमस्कृत (कृदन्त)

• अहं: I
• Type: Noun
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वं: you
• Type: Noun
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: त्वम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय
• Role: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय
• Role: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशः)
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमं: this
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण लोकं प्रति
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकं: world
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• चराचरम्: (with) moving and unmoving beings
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (चर + अचर = moving and unmoving), विशेषण लोकं प्रति
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• चैव = च + एव
• सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः is a tatpurusha with kta-participle
• चराचरम् is dvandva used adjectivally

Speaker and setting

Vira and Adbhuta rasaSetting: Cosmic

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

What she asks

How do the Lord of gods and the speaking ‘I’ jointly govern the entire moving-and-unmoving cosmos despite the presence of wrath/exertion in cosmic administration?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Theology of governance

Subjects

CosmologyEthics

Core idea

Divine lordship encompasses both dynamic life and seemingly inert existence; reverence coexists with the fearsome aspect of maintaining order.

In practice

Treat governance/leadership as dharma-bearing stewardship over all dependents, not merely power over persons.

The Varaha avatara

Aspect

Cosmic power

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Dharmic Governance

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic idiom—carācaram—to describe totality of existence, and situates authority as shared or negotiated between high cosmic agents.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named; the referent is cosmic in scope (“this world of moving and unmoving”).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it frames responsibility and authority as tied to universal order, suggesting that governance is not arbitrary but related to the totality of beings.