Varaha Purana 135.52: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 52

Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda

Devanagari script

तरन्ति मनुजा येन घोरसंसारसागरात् ॥ यावकान्नं दिनत्र्यां वायुभक्षो दिनत्रयम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 135.52

Transliteration

taranti manujā yena ghorasaṃsārasāgarāt || yāvakānnaṃ dinatryāṃ vāyubhakṣo dinatryam ||

Translation

ด้วยวัตรนี้มนุษย์ย่อมข้ามพ้นมหาสมุทรแห่งสังสารวัฏอันน่าหวาดหวั่นได้: สามวันบริโภคอาหารยาวกะ (yāvaka) และสามวันเป็นวายุภักษะ คืออดอาหารดำรงอยู่ด้วยลมหายใจ

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Word by Word

• तरन्ति: cross over
• तरन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• मनुजाः: people
• मनुजाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करणवाचक (instrumental relative)

• घोरसंसारसागरात्: from the dreadful ocean of saṃsāra
• घोरसंसारसागरात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक) + संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—घोरः संसारः (कर्मधारय) + तस्य सागरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) → समस्तं तत्पुरुषसमासप्रायम्

• यावकान्नम्: barley-food
• यावकान्नम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यावक (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—यावकस्य अन्नम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• दिनत्र्याम्: for three days
• दिनत्र्याम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—त्रयः दिनाः → दिनत्रयम्, तस्य सप्तमी—दिनत्र्याम् (for three days)

• वायुभक्षः: one who subsists on air (fasting)
• वायुभक्षः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—वायुः एव भक्षः/भक्षणम् यस्य (रूढ्या ‘air-eater’, उपवासविशेषः); तत्पुरुषप्रायः

• दिनत्रयम्: three days
• दिनत्रयम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—त्रयः दिनाः

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ascetic Practices
• Dietary Vows (Vrata)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents standardized, time-bound dietary disciplines used in South Asian ritual-ethical systems to signify purification and self-restraint.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Self-restraint through regulated diet and fasting is presented as a corrective practice associated with moral purification.