Varaha Purana 68.6 — Adhyaya 68, Shloka 6

Dharma Across the Four Yugas, the Disruption of Social Conduct, and Ritual Purification from Varṇa-Mixing Transgressions

Devanagari script

rAjAno vaishyashUdrAshcha prAyasho hInajAtayaH | bhaviShyanti nRRipashreShTha satyashauchavivarjitAH || 68.6 ||

Translation

హే నృపశ్రేష్ఠా! రాజులు, వైశ్యులు, శూద్రులు ఎక్కువగా హీనజాతులుగా ఉంటారు; వారు సత్యం, శౌచం లేనివారైపోతారు.

Word by Word

• rājānaḥ: kings
• rājānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.1), बहुवचन (plural)

• vaiśya-śūdrāḥ: Vaiśyas and Śūdras
• vaiśya-śūdrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśya (प्रातिपदिक) + śūdra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व समास (Dvandva), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.1), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• prāyaśaḥ: mostly
• prāyaśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāyaśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): ‘mostly/for the most part’

• hīna-jātayaḥ: of low birth
• hīna-jātayaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hīna (प्रातिपदिक) + jāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (‘hīnāḥ jātayaḥ’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (jāti), प्रथमा (Nom.1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective) to rājānaḥ/vaiśyaśūdrāḥ (sense: ‘of low birth’)

• bhaviṣyanti: will be/become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• nṛpa-śreṣṭha: O best of kings
• nṛpa-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (‘nṛpāṇāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ’), पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Voc.), एकवचन

• satya-śauca-vivarjitāḥ: devoid of truth and purity
• satya-śauca-vivarjitāḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक) + śauca (प्रातिपदिक) + vi√vṛj (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (determinative: ‘satyaśaucayoḥ vivarjitāḥ’), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘deprived of’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.1), बहुवचन; विशेषण to rājānaḥ/vaiśyaśūdrāḥ

Speaker

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Varaha Avatara Context

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Bhu Devi Dialogue

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Mathura Mandala

Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}

Dharma Shastra

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Vrata Mahatmya

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Cosmic Boar Symbolism

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Philosophical Teaching

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Subject Matter

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Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuṇa

Secondary Rasa: bhayānaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 68.68.7-10 (continuation of Kali-age symptoms and collapse)

Visual Art Cues

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Audio Atmosphere

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