Varaha Purana 148.6: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 6

The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline

Devanagari script

धरण्युवाच ॥ यथा यथा भाषसि धर्मकारणमिदं वचो धर्मविनिश्चयं महत् ॥ तथा तथा देव वराहाप्रमेयं हृद्यं मनो भावयसे जनार्दन ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 148.6

Transliteration

dharaṇyuvāca || yathā yathā bhāṣasi dharmakāraṇam idaṃ vaco dharmaviniścayaṃ mahat || tathā tathā deva varāhāprameyaṃ hṛdyaṃ mano bhāvayase janārdana ||

Translation

ธรณีกล่าวว่า: ยิ่งพระองค์ตรัส—ถ้อยคำนี้อันเป็นเหตุแห่งธรรม เป็นการวินิจฉัยธรรมอันยิ่งใหญ่—ยิ่งเท่านั้น โอ้เทพ โอ้ชนารทนะ พระองค์ยิ่งชักนำจิตให้หันสู่พระวราหะผู้หาประมาณมิได้ ด้วยอาการอันชื่นบานแก่ดวงใจ

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Word by Word

• धरणी: Earth (goddess)
• धरणी: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यथा: as
• यथा: सम्बन्ध/उपपद (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; correlating adverb ‘as/just as’

• यथा: as (again and again)
• यथा: सम्बन्ध/उपपद (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; repetition for emphasis

• भाषसि: you speak
• भाषसि: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• धर्मकारणम्: cause/reason of dharma
• धर्मकारणम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: धर्मस्य कारणम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• वचः: speech/statement
• वचः: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (वचः = वचस्-शब्दस्य acc.sg.)

• धर्मविनिश्चयम्: determination/decision of dharma
• धर्मविनिश्चयम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + विनिश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: धर्मस्य विनिश्चयः

• महत्: great
• महत्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; agrees with धर्मविनिश्चयम्

• तथा: so
• तथा: सम्बन्ध/उपपद (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; correlative adverb ‘so/thus’

• तथा: so (accordingly)
• तथा: सम्बन्ध/उपपद (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; repetition for emphasis

• देव: O god
• देव: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• वराह: O Varāha
• वराह: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• अप्रमेयम्: immeasurable, incomprehensible
• अप्रमेयम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + प्रमेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; negated adjective

• हृद्यम्: pleasing to the heart
• हृद्यम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• मनः: mind
• मनः: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (मनः = मनस्-शब्दस्य acc.sg.)

• भावयसे: you contemplate/you bring to mind
• भावयसे: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) (causative भावय-)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) ‘you cause to be/you contemplate’

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दन: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Pṛthivī (Dharanī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ethics
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic pedagogical pattern: the inquirer (Earth) validates the teacher’s discourse as authoritative dharma-viniścaya, reinforcing the text’s didactic status.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is specified here; the verse prepares for later kṣetra-related material by emphasizing dharma-oriented instruction.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The ethical focus is on discerning and internalizing dharma through reflective attention to well-reasoned teaching.