Varaha Purana 170.6: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 6

The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship

including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics

Devanagari script

मम तन्नास्ति हि मुने दुर्भगायाः प्रजासुखम् ॥ उवाच मुनिशार्दूलस्तां स्त्रियं पुत्रगर्द्धिनीम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 170.6

Transliteration

mama tan nāsti hi mune durbhagāyāḥ prajāsukham || uvāca muniśārdūlas tāṁ striyaṁ putragarddhinīm

Translation

นางกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่มุนี สำหรับข้าผู้เคราะห์ร้าย สุขแห่งการมีบุตรนั้นไม่มีเลย” แล้วฤๅษีผู้ประดุจพยัคฆ์ในหมู่มุนี จึงกล่าวกับสตรีผู้ปรารถนาบุตรนั้น

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Word by Word

• मम: my/of me
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject of अस्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘तत्’ = that (thing)

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• दुर्भगायाः: of the unfortunate (woman)
• दुर्भगायाः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive—descriptor)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्भगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘मम’)

• प्रजा-सुखम्: happiness of children/offspring-joy
• प्रजा-सुखम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject of अस्ति—negated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रजायाः सुखम्)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मुनि-शार्दूलः: the tiger among sages (great sage)
• मुनि-शार्दूलः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (मुनिः एव शार्दूलः = tiger among sages)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्त्रियम्: the woman
• स्त्रियम्: कर्म (Karma—apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (to ताम्)

• पुत्र-गर्द्धिनीम्: desiring a son
• पुत्र-गर्द्धिनीम्: कर्म (Karma—qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गर्द्धिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रस्य गर्द्धिनी = desiring a son), विशेषण (qualifying स्त्रियम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Varāha) with embedded speech by the woman

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Sanskrit Poetics (Epithets)
• Householder Narratives
• Gendered Social Experience

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It records a culturally salient concern (progeny) and introduces the authoritative ‘muni’ response, a common Purāṇic pattern for transmitting tīrtha-ritual or ethical guidance.

Which geographic location is identified?

No new place-name appears here; the narrative remains within the Mathurā setting established earlier.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It foregrounds honest self-disclosure of suffering and the expectation of compassionate, informed counsel from a wise interlocutor.