Varaha Purana 127.45: Adhyaya 127, Shloka 45

Description of the Brāhmaṇa Initiation Procedure

Dīkṣā-sūtra

Devanagari script

मन्त्रः— अकृतघ्ने देवानसुराकृतघ्नरुद्रेण ब्राह्मणाय च लब्धं सर्वमिमां भगवतेऽस्तु दत्तं प्रतिगृह्णीष्व च लोकनाथ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 127.45

Transliteration

mantraḥ— akṛtaghne devānasurākṛtaghnarudreṇa brāhmaṇāya ca labdhaṃ sarvam imāṃ bhagavate’stu dattaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva ca lokanātha ||

Translation

มนต์: “โอ ผู้ไม่ลืมคุณ (อกริตฆฺน), สิ่งใดทั้งหมดที่พราหมณ์ได้มาโดยรุดระ ผู้สังหารเทวะและอสูร—ขอให้ทั้งหมดนั้นถวายแด่พระภควาน ขอพระโลกนาถทรงรับไว้เถิด”

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Word by Word

• मन्त्रः: (the) mantra
• मन्त्रः: कर्ता/विषय (Topic/Subject label)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता) विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अकृतघ्ने: O one who is not ungrateful
• अकृतघ्ने: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकृतघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative) विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देव-असुर-अकृतघ्न-रुद्रेण: by Rudra (non-ungrateful to gods and asuras)
• देव-असुर-अकृतघ्न-रुद्रेण: करण/कर्ता-साधन (Agent/Instrument in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + अकृतघ्न (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण) विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-समास): देवासुराणाम् अकृतघ्नः रुद्रः (by Rudra, the non-ungrateful to gods and asuras)

• ब्राह्मणाय: to a brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान) विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• लब्धम्: obtained
• लब्धम्: कर्म/विधेय (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'obtained'

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म) विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणवत्

• इमाम्: this (f.)
• इमाम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म) विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भगवते: to the Lord
• भगवते: सम्प्रदान (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान) विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: विधेय (Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• दत्तम्: given/offered
• दत्तम्: विधेय (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; 'given/offered'

• प्रतिगृह्णीष्व: accept (receive)
• प्रतिगृह्णीष्व: क्रिया (Action; command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• लोकनाथ: O Lord of the world
• लोकनाथ: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative) विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी): लोकानां नाथः

Speaker

Varāha (default instructor voice; mantra citation)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Mantra Studies
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic mantra-embedding: short liturgical formulae are preserved within instructional prose/verse, useful for reconstructing ritual idioms and donation language.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named; the verse is a mantra addressed to a universalized deity-title, 'Lokanātha'.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The ethical emphasis is on dedicating gains as an offering and on the reciprocal recognition of giving and acceptance within a ritual economy.