Varaha Purana 207.4: Adhyaya 207, Shloka 4

Section on the ‘Person’ who Entices Beings within the Cycle of Rebirth

Devanagari script

अयं तत्र महातेजा नारदो मुनिसत्तमः ॥ धर्मराजसभां प्राप्तस्तपसा द्योतितप्रभः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 207.4

Transliteration

ayaṃ tatra mahātejā nārado munisattamaḥ || dharmarājasabhāṃ prāptas tapasā dyotitaprabhaḥ

Translation

అక్కడ మహాతేజస్సు గల మునిశ్రేష్ఠుడు నారదుడు, తపస్సు వల్ల ప్రకాశించిన కాంతితో ధర్మరాజ సభకు చేరాడు।

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Word by Word

• ayam: this (person)
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• mahā-tejāḥ: greatly radiant
• mahā-tejāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः—महत्तेजाः (very radiant)

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• muni-sattamaḥ: the best of sages
• muni-sattamaḥ: Apposition (समानााधिकरण/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः—मुनीनां सत्तमः (best of sages)

• dharma-rāja-sabhām: the court of Dharmarāja (Yama)
• dharma-rāja-sabhām: Karma (कर्म/गमनस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक) + sabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः—धर्मराजस्य सभा (Yama’s court)

• prāptaḥ: having reached/arrived
• prāptaḥ: Kriya (क्रियाविशेष/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively ‘having reached’

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular (एकवचन)

• dyotita-prabhaḥ: whose radiance is shining
• dyotita-prabhaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dyotita (प्रातिपदिक; from dyut (धातु) PPP) + prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहिः—dyotitā prabhā yasya (whose splendor is illumined)

Speaker

Ṛṣiputra (narrator; inferred)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Nārada Cycle
• Yama/Dharmarāja Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It situates Nārada—an intertextual messenger figure—within Yama’s juridical setting, illustrating how Purāṇas stage ethical discourse through authoritative visitors.

Which geographic location is identified?

The location is not terrestrial; it is Dharmarāja’s (Yama’s) assembly, a mythic court setting.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Tapas (disciplined practice) is associated with moral-spiritual authority and radiance, legitimizing the narrator’s access to ethical knowledge.