Varaha Purana 155.71: Adhyaya 155, Shloka 71

The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha

Devanagari script

अभिगच्छति मन्दात्मा तत्पापं मे भवेत् तदा ॥ राजपत्नीं ब्रह्मपत्नीं विधवां योऽभिगच्छति

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 155.71

Transliteration

abhigacchati mandātmā tatpāpaṃ me bhavet tadā || rājapatnīṃ brahmapatnīṃ vidhavāṃ yo 'bhigacchati

Translation

หากผู้มีจิตเขลาผู้ใดเข้าไปหา (นางเหล่านั้น) แล้ว ในกาลนั้นบาปนั้นจักตกแก่ข้าพเจ้า ผู้ใดเข้าไปหา พระมเหสีของพระราชา ภรรยาของพราหมณ์ หรือหญิงหม้าย…

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• अभिगच्छति: approaches/goes to (sexually approaches)
• अभिगच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• मन्दात्मा: a weak-minded/evil-minded person
• मन्दात्मा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्द + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (मन्दः आत्मा यस्य/मन्द आत्मा)

• तत्-पापम्: that sin
• तत्-पापम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + पाप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य पापम्/that sin)

• मे: my/to me
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would be/might become
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (time adverb)

• राजपत्नीम्: a king's wife
• राजपत्नीम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राज्ञः पत्नी)

• ब्रह्मपत्नीम्: a Brahmin's wife
• ब्रह्मपत्नीम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः पत्नी)

• विधवाम्: a widow
• विधवाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• अभिगच्छति: approaches/goes to
• अभिगच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Dharma-śāstra Themes
• Social Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects normative discourse common in Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra-adjacent literature, where social boundaries are articulated through warnings and the language of moral consequence.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames certain approaches/relations as ethically blameworthy and emphasizes moral accountability and the perceived transfer or incidence of wrongdoing.