Varaha Purana 128.8: Adhyaya 128, Shloka 8

Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia

Devanagari script

मन्त्रः—त्यक्तानि विष्णो शस्त्राणि त्यक्तं सर्वं क्षत्रियकर्म सर्वम्॥ त्यक्त्वा देवं विष्णुं प्रपन्नोऽथ संसाराद्वै जन्मनां तारयस्व॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 128.8

Transliteration

mantraḥ—tyaktāni viṣṇo śastrāṇi tyaktaṃ sarvaṃ kṣatriyakarma sarvam | tyaktvā devaṃ viṣṇuṃ prapanno 'tha saṃsārād vai janmanāṃ tārayasva ||

Translation

มนตร์: “ข้าแต่พระวิษณุ อาวุธทั้งหลายได้วางลงแล้ว กิจแห่งกษัตริยะทั้งปวงก็ได้ละแล้ว ครั้นละที่พึ่งอื่นและเข้าถึงพระผู้เป็นเจ้า คือพระวิษณุแล้ว บัดนี้ขอพระองค์ทรงโปรดข้ามพ้นสังสารวัฏ จากวัฏฏะแห่งการเกิดทั้งหลาย”

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Word by Word

• mantraḥ: mantra

• tyaktāni: abandoned/set aside

• viṣṇo: O Viṣṇu

• śastrāṇi: weapons

• tyaktam: relinquished

• sarvam: all

• kṣatriya-karma: kṣatriya duties/acts

• tyaktvā: having abandoned

• devam: the god

• viṣṇum: Viṣṇu

• prapannaḥ: one who has taken refuge

• atha: now/then

• saṃsārāt: from saṃsāra

• vai: indeed

• janmanām: of births

• tārayasva: deliver (imperative)

Speaker

Varāha (mantra to be recited by the initiate)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Renunciation Motifs
• Mantra Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It is evidence for the presence of refuge-oriented (prapatti) devotional idiom in Purāṇic ritual contexts, linking social role-transformation with liberation language.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned; the focus is existential (saṃsāra, birth-cycle) rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The mantra articulates a transition from role-based violence/obligation toward self-restraint and refuge in a higher moral-spiritual commitment, framed as a liberation-seeking orientation.