Varaha Purana 137.64: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 64

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

Devanagari script

यस्य दोषेण मेऽप्येषा रुजा शिरसि संस्थिता ॥ काञ्चीराजकुले जन्म पित्रा दत्ता तव प्रिया

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 137.64

Transliteration

yasya doṣeṇa me 'py eṣā rujā śirasi saṃsthitā || kāñcīrājakule janma pitrā dattā tava priyā

Translation

ด้วยความผิดของผู้ใด แม้แก่เรา ความปวดร้าวนี้ก็ตั้งมั่นอยู่ที่ศีรษะ (นาง) เกิดในราชวงศ์แห่งกาญจี; บิดามอบให้แล้ว นางเป็นที่รักของท่าน

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Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• दोषेण: by the fault
• दोषेण: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• मे: my / to me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• एषा: this (woman/this one)
• एषा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• रुजा: with pain/ache
• रुजा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुज्/रुजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• शिरसि: in/on the head
• शिरसि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• संस्थिता: situated, established
• संस्थिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था with सम्-)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• काञ्चीराजकुले: in the family of the king of Kāñcī
• काञ्चीराजकुले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्ची + राज + कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-समास): 'काञ्चीराजस्य कुलम्'

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• पित्रा: by (her) father
• पित्रा: Kartr (कर्ता/agent of passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• दत्ता: given
• दत्ता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• तव: to you / your
• तव: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रिया: beloved (wife)
• प्रिया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default, dialogue framework provisional)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Genealogy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It includes a toponymic and dynastic marker (Kāñcī royal lineage), which can assist in mapping Purāṇic geographical imagination and later reception history.

Which geographic location is identified?

Kāñcī (commonly identified with Kāñcīpuram in Tamil Nadu in modern scholarship), referenced here via “kāñcīrājakula.”

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames suffering as linked to doṣa (fault), reflecting a moral-causal worldview common in Purāṇic narrative ethics.