Varaha Purana 32.28: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 28

Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance

Devanagari script

यस्तामुपोष्य पुरुषो भवंतं समुपार्जयेत् । कृत्वा पापसमाहारं तस्मान्मुञ्चति मानवः ॥ ३२.२९ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 32.28

Transliteration

yas tām upoṣya puruṣo bhavantaṃ samupārjayet | kṛtvā pāpasamāhāraṃ tasmān muñcati mānavaḥ || 32.29 ||

Translation

ผู้ใดเป็นมนุษย์ได้ถืออุโปสถ/วินัยนั้นแล้ว บำเพ็ญจนได้ความโปรดปรานของพระองค์โดยชอบ แม้จะสั่งสมบาปเป็นกองใหญ่ ก็ย่อมพ้นจากบาปนั้นได้

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Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• tām: that (her/it)
• tām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• upoṣya: having fasted
• upoṣya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√vas (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having fasted/observed upavāsa’

• puruṣaḥ: a man/person
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhavantam: you (honored one)
• bhavantam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun of respect (भवत्-शब्द), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• samupārjayet: should obtain/attain
• samupārjayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-upa-√arj (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having done/made’

• pāpa-samāhāram: a collection/heap of sins
• pāpa-samāhāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samāhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasmāt: from that (therefrom)
• tasmāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन)

• muñcati: releases/frees
• muñcati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• mānavaḥ: a human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma and Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical theme: disciplined observance (such as fasting) and the cultivation of divine favor are presented as mechanisms for moral rehabilitation, illustrating how ritual practice and ethical transformation are linked in Purāṇic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is framed as a general statement about observance (upoṣa) and release from accumulated wrongdoing.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes that undertaking a prescribed discipline (here indicated by upoṣya) and orienting oneself toward the addressed figure’s favor is portrayed as a means to be freed from accumulated moral faults.