Varaha Purana 155.72: Adhyaya 155, Shloka 72

The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha

Devanagari script

अहं गच्छामि त्वरितो ब्रह्मराक्षससन्निधौ ॥ निवारयामास तदा न गन्तव्यं त्वयानघ

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 155.72

Transliteration

ahaṃ gacchāmi tvarito brahmarākṣasa-sannidhau || nivārayāmāsa tadā na gantavyaṃ tvayānagha

Translation

“เราจะไปยังที่ใกล้ของพรหมรากษสาโดยเร็ว” แล้วมีผู้หนึ่งห้ามไว้ในเวลานั้น กล่าวว่า “โอ้ผู้ปราศจากมลทิน ท่านไม่ควรไปที่นั่น”

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Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative singular)

• गच्छामि: I go
• गच्छामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present); उत्तमपुरुषः (1st person); एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• त्वरितः: hurried
• त्वरितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; त्वर्/त्वर् धातोः क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्यय); पुल्लिङ्गः; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (agreeing with अहम्)

• ब्रह्मराक्षससन्निधौ: in the vicinity of a brahmarākṣasa
• ब्रह्मराक्षससन्निधौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मराक्षस + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ब्रह्मराक्षसस्य सन्निधिः); पुल्लिङ्गः; सप्तमी-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• निवारयामास: (he) restrained / forbade
• निवारयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person); एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• गन्तव्यम्: to be gone / should go
• गन्तव्यम्: Karya (कार्य/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्) कृदन्तम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; विधेय-भावः (obligatory/should be done)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr-karana (कर्ता-करण; agent in passive/gerundive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; मध्यमपुरुषार्थे; एकवचनम्; तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental singular)

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative); एकवचनम्

Speaker

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

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Mythic Beings
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a narrative trope involving liminal beings (e.g., brahmarākṣasa) and the ethics of caution, common across Purāṇic storytelling traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is given; only “in the vicinity of the Brahmarākṣasa” is stated.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Heed restraint and prudent counsel when approaching potentially dangerous or ritually problematic situations.