Varaha Purana 5.7: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 7

Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa

Devanagari script

पथि चैत्ररथं दृष्ट्वा विद्याधरवरं नृप । अपृच्छच्च वसुः प्रीत्या ब्रह्मणोऽवसरं प्रभो ॥ ५.७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 5.7

Transliteration

pathi caitrarathaṃ dṛṣṭvā vidyādharavaraṃ nṛpa | apṛcchac ca vasuḥ prītyā brahmaṇo 'vasaraṃ prabho || 5.7 ||

Translation

హే రాజా, మార్గములో శ్రేష్ఠ విద్యాధరుడైన చైత్రరథుని చూచి వసువు ప్రేమతో, హే ప్రభో, బ్రహ్ముని దర్శనావకాశాన్ని గురించి అడిగెను।

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Word by Word

• पथि: on the path
• पथि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• चैत्ररथम्: Caitraratha
• चैत्ररथम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of दृष्ट्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्ररथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); नाम (proper name)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (क्रिया/Converb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having seen)

• विद्याधरवरम्: the best of the Vidyādharas
• विद्याधरवरम्: Karma (कर्म/Apposition to चैत्ररथम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्याधर-वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-सम्भवः अर्थः: 'विद्याधराणां वरः' (best among Vidyādharas)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• अपृच्छत्: asked
• अपृच्छत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वसुः: Vasu
• वसुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• प्रीत्या: with affection
• प्रीत्या: Karana (करण/Instrument-Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); भावे (manner): 'with affection'

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• अवसरम्: opportunity, audience
• अवसरम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of अपृच्छत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaishnavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: framing doctrinal or cosmological material through itinerant encounters and courteous questioning, preserving social idioms of address (nṛpa, prabho) and inquiry (apṛcchat).

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic site is named in this verse; the setting is described generically as 'on the road' (pathi).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds respectful inquiry and cordial dialogue—an interpersonal ethic of seeking knowledge through polite questioning rather than assertion.