Varaha Purana 207.5: Adhyaya 207, Shloka 5

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

Devanagari script

तत्र राजाऽथ वेगेन तं दृष्ट्वा स्वयमागतं ॥ अर्चयित्वा यथान्यायं कृत्वा चैव प्रदक्षिणम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 207.5

Transliteration

tatra rājā ’tha vegena taṃ dṛṣṭvā svayam āgatam || arcayitvā yathānyāyaṃ kṛtvā caiva pradakṣiṇam

Translation

ครั้นพระราชาทอดพระเนตรเห็นท่านเสด็จมาด้วยตนเอง ก็รีบเสด็จเข้าไปต้อนรับ; ทรงบูชาตามธรรมเนียม แล้วทรงกระทำประทักษิณา

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Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), discourse particle (अनन्तरार्थक)

• vegena: with speed/quickly
• vegena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular (एकवचन)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/अव्ययकृदन्त)

• svayam: personally
• svayam: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), emphatic/reflexive adverb

• āgatam: who had come/arrived
• āgatam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) with ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन); agrees with tam

• arcayitvā: having worshipped/honored
• arcayitvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु) (णिजन्त)
• Form: Causative absolutive/gerund (णिजन्त + क्त्वा)

• yathā-nyāyam: according to proper rule
• yathā-nyāyam: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + nyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) compound functioning as avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning ‘according to rule’

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/अव्ययकृदन्त)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)

• pradakṣiṇam: circumambulation (keeping right side)
• pradakṣiṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन); object of kṛtvā

Speaker

Ṛṣiputra (narrator; inferred)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dharmaśāstra-adjacent Norms
• Courtly Etiquette

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects normative etiquette for receiving revered guests—honoring and circumambulation—paralleling Dharmaśāstra ideals embedded in narrative literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No named earthly geography; the action occurs ‘there’ in the previously established court/assembly context.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Proper respect toward learned or ascetic figures is framed as a rule-governed practice (yathānyāyaṃ), emphasizing disciplined social ethics.