Varaha Purana 210.48: Adhyaya 210, Shloka 48

Inquiry into Moral Agency (Karma) and Practical Means for the Dissolution of Sin: the Śiśumāra Contemplation

Devanagari script

यदा तस्य शरीरस्थं सोमं पश्येत्समाहितः ॥ महापातकनाशस्तु तदा तस्य विधीयते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 210.48

Transliteration

yadā tasya śarīrasthaṃ somaṃ paśyet samāhitaḥ | mahāpātakanāśas tu tadā tasya vidhīyate ||

Translation

เมื่อผู้ใดมีจิตตั้งมั่น เห็นโสมะ (พระจันทร์) ที่สถิตอยู่ภายในกายนั้น เมื่อนั้นการทำลายบาปใหญ่ย่อมถูกกำหนดแก่ผู้นั้น

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Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time locus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शरीरस्थम्: situated in the body
• शरीरस्थम्: Karma (कर्म; qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीर + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (शरीरे स्थितम्) विशेषण (qualifies सोमम्)

• सोमम्: Soma (moon/nectar deity)
• सोमम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• समाहितः: collected, concentrated
• समाहितः: Karta (कर्ता; qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies implied seer)

• महापातकनाशः: destruction of great sins
• महापातकनाशः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापातक + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महापातकानां नाशः)

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

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time locus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive; beneficiary/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विधीयते: is ordained / is effected
• विधीयते: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)
• Form: वि-उपसर्ग; लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Astral Cosmology
• Expiation Discourse

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse exemplifies a Purāṇic strategy of moral pedagogy through cosmological visualization, pairing astral mapping with the language of expiation (mahāpātaka).

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified; the passage is cosmological/visual rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivating focused attention (samāhita) in contemplation is framed as ethically transformative, associated with the removal of grave wrongdoing.