Varaha Purana 41.16: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 16

Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying

Devanagari script

इह जन्मनि सौभाग्यं परलोके निशामय । अस्मिन्नर्थे पुरावृत्तमितिहासं पुरातनम् ॥ ४१.१६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 41.16

Transliteration

iha janmani saubhāgyaṁ paraloke niśāmaya | asminn arthe purāvṛttam itihāsaṁ purātanam || 41.16 ||

Translation

ในชาตินี้มีสิริมงคล และในปรโลกด้วย—จงฟังเถิด ในเรื่องนี้ (เราจะเล่า) ตำนานประวัติอันเก่าแก่ เป็นธรรมเนียมโบราณ

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Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “here”)

• जन्मनि: in (this) birth
• जन्मनि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• परलोके: in the next world
• परलोके: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• निशामय: observe / listen / note
• निशामय: क्रिया (Kriyā/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-शम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• अर्थे: matter / topic
• अर्थे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: कालाधिकरण (Kāla-adhikaraṇa/Time setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: “formerly”)

• वृत्तम्: occurred / happened
• वृत्तम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्त (कृदन्त; √वृत्/√वृत्त्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘इतिहासम्’ विशेषण

• इतिहासम्: ancient tale / history
• इतिहासम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतिहास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पुरातनम्: ancient
• पुरातनम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘इतिहासम्’ विशेषण

Speaker

Varāha (default, per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Itihāsa Tradition

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It signals a shift into an itihāsa-style exemplum (traditional historical narrative) used in Purāṇic literature to ground ethical or philosophical instruction in an authoritative ‘ancient account’ (purāvṛtta).

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a preface to a forthcoming narrative that may later introduce places or sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes attentive listening to a precedent-based teaching: well-being is presented as relevant both ‘here’ (iha) and ‘in the other world’ (paraloka), and the instruction will be supported through an inherited tradition (itihāsa).