Varaha Purana 152.65: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 65

Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā

Devanagari script

तृप्तिं प्रयान्ति पितरो यावत्स्थित्यग्रजन्मनः ॥ ये वसन्ति महाभागे मथुरामितरे जनाः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 152.65

Transliteration

tṛptiṃ prayānti pitaro yāvat sthity agrajanmanaḥ || ye vasanti mahābhāge mathurām itare janāḥ ||

Translation

โอ้ท่านผู้ประเสริฐ เมื่อผู้คนอื่นพำนักอยู่ในมถุรา เหล่าปิตฤย่อมได้รับความอิ่มเอมตราบเท่าที่อัครชนมาน (บรรพชนผู้แรก) ยังดำรงอยู่

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Word by Word

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रयान्ति: attain/go to
• प्रयान्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kala-paryanta (कालपर्यन्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/कालपर्यन्तवाचक (as long as/until)

• स्थितिः: the continuance (lasts)
• स्थितिः: Karta/Measure (कर्ता/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (in sense) ‘duration/continuance’

• अग्र-जन्मनः: of the first-born/elder (son)
• अग्र-जन्मनः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अग्रं जन्म यस्य/अग्रजन्म = first-born/elder; here genitive: of the elder-born)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• वसन्ति: live/dwell
• वसन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• महाभागे: in the blessed (place)
• महाभागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (महान् भागः यस्याः सा) विशेषणम् (qualifies मथुराम् understood as ‘in/at the fortunate (place)’)

• मथुराम्: Mathurā
• मथुराम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (स्थाननाम); गत्यर्थे/वसत्यर्थे द्वितीया (to/at Mathurā, poetic usage)

• इतरे: other
• इतरे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies जनाः)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default response to Pṛthivī’s question)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Social Ethics
• Pilgrimage Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates how settlement/residence (vāsa) is framed as ritually and socially meaningful, linking community life with ancestral remembrance.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mathurā is explicitly identified as the locus where residence is associated with benefits for the pitṛs.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It underscores intergenerational responsibility: the living are portrayed as sustaining ancestral well-being through culturally sanctioned conduct.