Varaha Purana 211.4: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 4

Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī

Devanagari script

त्रयो वर्णा महाभाग यज्ञसामान्यभागिनः ॥ शूद्रा वेदपवित्रेभ्यो ब्राह्मणैस्तु बहिष्कृताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 211.4

Transliteration

trayo varṇā mahābhāga yajñasāmānyabhāginaḥ || śūdrā vedapavitrebhyo brāhmaṇais tu bahiṣkṛtāḥ ||

Translation

ఓ మహాభాగ! మూడు వర్ణాలు యజ్ఞంలోని సామాన్య భాగాలకు భాగస్వాములు; కానీ శూద్రులు వేదసంబంధ పవిత్రకర్మల నుండి బ్రాహ్మణులచే బహిష్కృతులు.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्या-विशेषण (numeral adjective)

• वर्णाः: social classes (varṇas)
• वर्णाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• यज्ञसामान्यभागिनः: sharing in the common (right to) sacrifices
• यज्ञसामान्यभागिनः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ + सामान्य + भागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भागिन्-प्रातिपदिक (possessor)

• शूद्राः: Śūdras
• शूद्राः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वेदपवित्रेभ्यः: from the Veda-purifying (rites/means)
• वेदपवित्रेभ्यः: Apadana (अपादान/Ablative source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), बहुवचन

• ब्राह्मणैः: by the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana (करण/Instrument or agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ (adversative/emphatic)

• बहिष्कृताः: excluded, kept out
• बहिष्कृताः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बहिस् + कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Social Taxonomy
• Purāṇic Dharma-śāstra Themes

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a snapshot of normative varṇa discourse as presented in some dharma-oriented strata of Purāṇic literature, useful for studying social history and textual ideology.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse asserts a normative boundary around Vedic ritual eligibility; archivally, it is best treated as a record of a textual position rather than a universal prescription.