Varaha Purana 5.14: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 14

Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa

Devanagari script

बृहस्पतिर्देवगुरू रैभ्यं वचनमन्तिके । किं करोमि महाभाग वेदवेदाङ्गपारग ॥ ५.१४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 5.14

Transliteration

bṛhaspatir devagurū raibhyaṃ vacanam antike | kiṃ karomi mahābhāga veda-vedāṅga-pāraga || 5.14 ||

Translation

พฤหัสดีผู้เป็นครูแห่งเทวะ กล่าวแก่ไรภยะอย่างใกล้ชิดว่า “โอ้ผู้มีบุญยิ่ง ผู้เชี่ยวชาญพระเวทและเวทางคะ เราควรทำสิ่งใด?”

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Word by Word

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवगुरुः: teacher of the gods
• देवगुरुः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: देव + गुरु (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘देवानां गुरुः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रैभ्यम्: Raibhya (as addressee/object of speech)
• रैभ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैभ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वचनम्: words/speech
• वचनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अन्तिके: near/at close range
• अन्तिके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (near)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• करोमि: do I do/shall I do
• करोमि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महत् + भाग (बहुव्रीहि: ‘महान् भागः यस्य’); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारग: O one who has mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारग: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + वेदाङ्ग + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: वेद-वेदाङ्गयोः पारगः (तत्पुरुष; internal dvandva ‘वेदवेदाङ्ग’); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Sanskrit Philology
• Intellectual History

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: authoritative figures (here Bṛhaspati) seek counsel from renowned sages, foregrounding learned transmission and the prestige of Vedic-auxiliary scholarship.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; it is set within a conversational scene rather than a sacred-geography description.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes intellectual humility and counsel-seeking: even a highly placed teacher consults an acknowledged expert, presenting learned deliberation as a normative practice.