Varaha Purana 137.11: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 11

The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field

Devanagari script

न चिरं वाल्पकालं तु यथा कश्चिन्न पश्यति ॥ श्वशुरो यदि वा श्वश्रूर्यथैवान्यो नराधिप

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 137.11

Transliteration

na ciraṁ vālpakālaṁ tu yathā kaścin na paśyati || śvaśuro yadi vā śvaśrūr yathaivānyo narādhipa

Translation

โอ้เจ้านราธิป ไม่นานเลย—เพียงชั่วครู่เท่านั้น—ที่ผู้ใดผู้หนึ่งจะไม่เห็น (สิ่งนั้น); ไม่ว่าจะเป็นพ่อสามีหรือแม่สามี หรือผู้อื่นทำนองเดียวกัน โอ้ผู้ครองมนุษย์

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Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• ciram: for long
• ciram: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (द्वितीया-अव्ययीभाव): 'for long'

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Disjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय): 'or'

• alpa-kālam: for a short time
• alpa-kālam: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: alpa + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (द्वितीया-अव्ययीभाव): 'for a short time'

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Comparative/relative adverb (यथार्थक अव्यय): 'as/just as'

• kaścit: someone; anyone
• kaścit: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); indefinite pronoun

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paśy पश्य् (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• śvaśuraḥ: father-in-law
• śvaśuraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvaśura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Conditional particle (शर्तार्थक अव्यय): 'if'

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Disjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय): 'or'

• śvaśrūḥ: mother-in-law
• śvaśrūḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvaśrū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Comparative/relative adverb (यथार्थक अव्यय)

• eva: just/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• anyaḥ: another person
• anyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• narādhipa: O king (lord of men)
• narādhipa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन/8th), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame; speaker not explicit and vocative narādhipa suggests address to a king)

Subject Matter

Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social Life","Kinship Relations"]

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Social Ethics
• Kinship Vocabulary
• Textual Criticism Needed

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves kinship terminology and social address forms (narādhipa), valuable for cultural-historical indexing; however, the fragment requires broader context for a secure narrative function.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The line suggests social visibility and accountability within kin networks, but the precise ethical point is unclear without adjacent verses.