Varaha Purana 155.7: Adhyaya 155, Shloka 7

The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha

Devanagari script

नाम्ना तु सुधनो नाम मम भक्तः सदैव हि ॥ धनधान्यसमायुक्तः सुतयुक्तः सदैव हि ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 155.7

Transliteration

nāmnā tu sudhano nāma mama bhaktaḥ sadaiva hi || dhanadhānyasamāyuktaḥ sutayuktaḥ sadaiva hi

Translation

เขามีนามว่า สุธนะ และแท้จริงแล้วเป็นภักตะของเราอยู่เสมอ เขาพร้อมด้วยทรัพย์และธัญญาหาร และมีบุตรสืบสกุลอยู่เสมอ (ความรุ่งเรืองแห่งครอบครัว)

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Word by Word

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; adverbial use ‘by name’

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle (emphasis/contrast)

• सुधनः: Sudhana (name)
• सुधनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; proper name; कर्मधारय: सु + धन (‘good/wealthy’)

• नाम: named/called
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; indeclinable used as quotative ‘named’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन; pronoun

• भक्तः: devotee
• भक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सदैव: always
• सदैव: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभाव (adverb): सदा + एव

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle (emphasis/indeed)

• धनधान्यसमायुक्तः: endowed with wealth and grain
• धनधान्यसमायुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन + धान्य + समा-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective to भक्तः/सुधनः; तत्पुरुष (समास): धन-धान्य-समायुक्त (‘endowed with wealth and grain’)

• सुतयुक्तः: having children
• सुतयुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुत + युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective; तत्पुरुष: सुत-युक्त (‘having sons/children’)

• सदैव: always
• सदैव: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभाव (adverb)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Puranic Narrative
• Dharma (Vrata)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It presents a Purāṇic narrative trope linking social prosperity (wealth, grain, family) with sustained devotional practice, useful for studying vrata-culture and household religiosity in Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds constancy in devotion as a defining trait of an exemplary householder, without prescribing sectarian superiority.