Varaha Purana 186.28: Adhyaya 186, Shloka 28

Ritual Procedure for Installing Silver and Gold Images, and the Special Status of Śālagrāma

Devanagari script

जलस्य बिन्दवो येऽन्नभोजनान्ते पतन्ति हि ॥ तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि विष्णुलोके स मोदते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 186.28

Transliteration

jalasya bindavo ye 'nnabhojanānte patanti hi || tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṇuloke sa modate ||

Translation

หยดน้ำที่ตกลงในยามสิ้นสุดการรับประทานมีเท่าใด เขาย่อมเริงรื่นอยู่ในวิษณุโลกเป็นเวลานับพันปีเท่านั้นเท่าใด

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Word by Word

• जलस्य: of water
• जलस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of water'

• बिन्दवः: drops
• बिन्दवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — 'drops'

• ये: which
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — relative pronoun agreeing with बिन्दवः

• अन्नभोजनान्ते: at the end of the meal
• अन्नभोजनान्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न + भोजन + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'at the end of food-eating/meal' (अन्नस्य भोजनस्य अन्ते)

• पतन्ति: fall
• पतन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन — 'they fall'

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

• तावत्: for that long
• तावत्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — correlating with duration 'so much/for that long' (here used with varṣasahasrāṇi)

• वर्षसहस्राणि: thousands of years
• वर्षसहस्राणि: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण/Time extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन — 'thousands of years' (वर्षाणां सहस्राणि)

• विष्णुलोके: in Vishnu's world
• विष्णुलोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'in Vishnu's world' (विष्णोः लोके)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'he'

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'rejoices/enjoys'

Speaker

Varāha (implied instructor; not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ritual Manuals
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharmaśāstra-linked Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic phala-śruti style, where quantified imagery (drops of water) frames the ethical-ritual value of everyday conduct.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it references the cosmological realm “Viṣṇuloka.”

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It emphasizes mindful ritual-ethical conduct in ordinary actions (here, meal-related practice) by linking them to long-term karmic outcomes.