Varaha Purana 5.36: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 36

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

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ते तु व्याधेन ब्राह्मणे राजसत्तम । पुष्पवृष्टिरथाकाशात् तस्योपरि पपात ह ॥ ५.३६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 5.36

Transliteration

evam ukte tu vyādhena brāhmaṇe rājasattama | puṣpavṛṣṭir athākāśāt tasyopari papāta ha || 5.36 ||

Translation

เมื่อพรานกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว โอ้พระราชาผู้ประเสริฐ ฝนดอกไม้ก็โปรยลงจากท้องฟ้าตกเหนือพราหมณ์ผู้นั้น

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• उक्ते: when said / upon being spoken
• उक्ते: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘उक्ते’ = ‘when (it was) said’

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• व्याधेन: by the hunter
• व्याधेन: कर्ता (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणे: in/with regard to the brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘ब्राह्मणे’ = ‘to/with regard to the brāhmaṇa’ (contextual locative)

• राजसत्तम: O best of kings
• राजसत्तम: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; तत्पुरुषः (राज्ञां सत्तमः)

• पुष्पवृष्टिः: a shower of flowers
• पुष्पवृष्टिः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पुष्पाणां वृष्टिः)

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भार्थक (then/thereupon)

• आकाशात्: from the sky
• आकाशात्: अपादान (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

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

• उपरि: upon
• उपरि: अधिकरण (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb/postposition: upon/above)

• पपात: fell
• पपात: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: सम्बन्धसूचक (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्मरण/प्रसिद्ध्यर्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaishnavism
• Dharma Discourse

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative motif—puṣpavṛṣṭi (a ‘shower of flowers’)—used as a literary marker of approval or auspiciousness within didactic storytelling.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the setting is indicated only cosmically (‘from the sky’), so modern identification is not applicable here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Indirectly, the verse signals commendation of a preceding statement or conduct in the dialogue, using an auspicious sign to underscore moral or philosophical approval within the narrative.