Varaha Purana 207.40: Adhyaya 207, Shloka 40

Section on the ‘Person’ who Entices Beings within the Cycle of Rebirth

Devanagari script

रसानां प्रतिसंहारात् सौभाग्यमनुजायते ॥ आमिषस्य प्रतीहाराद्भवत्यायुष्मती प्रजा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 207.40

Transliteration

rasānāṃ pratisaṃhārāt saubhāgyam anujāyate | āmiṣasya pratīhārād bhavaty āyuṣmatī prajā ||

Translation

จากการระงับและถอนตนจากรสลิ้มและความเพลิดเพลิน ย่อมบังเกิดสิริมงคลและความเป็นผู้มีโชคดี จากการงดเว้นเนื้อสัตว์ บุตรหลานย่อมเป็นผู้มีอายุยืน

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Word by Word

• रसानाम्: of tastes/flavors
• रसानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• प्रतिसंहारात्: from restraint/withdrawal
• प्रतिसंहारात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति + संहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अनुजायते: arises/follows
• अनुजायते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• आमिषस्य: of meat/flesh
• आमिषस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• प्रतीहारात्: from abstaining/avoiding
• प्रतीहारात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति + हार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• आयुष्मती: long-lived
• आयुष्मती: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयुष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• प्रजा: offspring/people
• प्रजा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default, dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Ahimsa-related diet
• Vrata (restraint)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates Purāṇic moral physiology: personal restraint is linked to social and familial outcomes, and dietary norms are framed as ethical practices with generational effects.

Which geographic location is identified?

None is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Practice restraint in sensory indulgence and avoid meat, presented as conducing to good fortune and the well-being of progeny.