Varaha Purana 206.39: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 39

Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds

Devanagari script

ततस्तु निखिलं सम्यग्दृष्ट्वा कर्म महोदयम् ॥ पुनरेवागतः पार्श्वं यमस्य द्विजसत्तमाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 206.39

Transliteration

tatastu nikhilaṃ samyagdṛṣṭvā karma mahodayam || punarevāgataḥ pārśvaṃ yamasya dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

అప్పుడు కర్మ యొక్క మహోదయం (మహత్తర ఫలితం) మొత్తంగా సమ్యకంగా దర్శించి, ఓ ద్విజశ్రేష్ఠులారా, అతడు మళ్లీ యముని పార్శ్వానికి వచ్చెను.

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Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence; ‘thereafter’

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis

• nikhilam: the whole / entirely
• nikhilam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nikhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially with ‘dṛṣṭvā’ = ‘entirely’

• samyak: properly, well
• samyak: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta (कृदन्त), Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having seen’

• karma: deed, act
• karma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• mahodayam: very exalted / greatly beneficial
• mahodayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘great + rising/prosperous’ qualifying ‘karma’

• punar: again
• punar: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) of emphasis

• āgataḥ: returned, came
• āgataḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta (कृदन्त), Past participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively ‘returned/came’

• pārśvam: side, vicinity
• pārśvam: Gati/Karma (गति/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); goal with motion

• yamasya: of Yama
• yamasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• dvija-sattamāḥ: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvija-sattamāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘best among dvijas (twice-born)’

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Indic Ethics
• Narrative Theology
• Sanskrit

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: moral instruction through a guided ‘viewing’ of karmic outcomes within Yama’s court, aligning ethics with vivid storytelling.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the setting is the mythic-judicial space associated with Yama (Yama-sabhā).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Actions are portrayed as having significant consequences; ethical reflection follows from ‘seeing’ (dṛṣṭvā) the results of karma.