Varaha Purana 174.94: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 94

The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship

Devanagari script

गुरोर्धर्मोपदेष्टुश्च नित्यं हितमभीप्सतः ॥ न करोति वचस्तस्य स प्रेतो जायते नरः

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 174.94

Transliteration

gurordharmopadeṣṭuśca nityaṃ hitamabhīpsataḥ || na karoti vacastasya sa preto jāyate naraḥ

Translation

หากผู้ใดไม่ปฏิบัติตามวาจาของครูผู้สั่งสอนธรรมะ และปรารถนาประโยชน์เกื้อกูลอยู่เสมอ ผู้นั้นย่อมเกิดเป็น “เปรต”

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Word by Word

• गुरोः: of the teacher
• गुरोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• धर्मोपदेष्टुः: of the instructor of dharma
• धर्मोपदेष्टुः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + उपदेष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘dharma’ + ‘instructor’)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; adverb ‘always’

• हितम्: welfare/good
• हितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘welfare/good’

• अभीप्सतः: of (him) desiring
• अभीप्सतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+ईप्स् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘of one desiring’

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; negation

• करोति: does
• करोति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वचः: word/command
• वचः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that (teacher)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun

• प्रेतः: a preta
• प्रेतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जायते: is born/becomes
• जायते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• नरः: man/person
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default, narrative voice not explicitly marked)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dharma Instruction
• Guru-Śiṣya Motif

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents the Purāṇic embedding of guru-based moral pedagogy, where social authority and ethical instruction are tied to cosmological consequence.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the verse is normative and relational rather than geographic.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Heeding well-intentioned ethical instruction is presented as a core duty; neglect is framed as leading to a degraded post-mortem condition.