Varaha Purana 8.34: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 34

Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices

Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna

Devanagari script

अतोऽर्थमागतॊऽहं ते गृहं प्रति समीक्षितुम् । आचारं देवपूजां च अतिथीनां च तर्पणम् ॥ ८.३४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 8.34

Transliteration

ato 'rtham āgato 'haṃ te gṛhaṃ prati samīkṣitum | ācāraṃ devapūjāṃ ca atithīnāṃ ca tarpaṇam || 8.34 ||

Translation

เพราะเหตุนั้นเราจึงมาถึงเรือนของท่าน เพื่อพิจารณาความประพฤติ การบูชาเทพ และการทำตัรปณะต่อแขก (การต้อนรับด้วยความเคารพ)

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Word by Word

• ataḥ: therefore
• ataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक (therefore/from this reason)

• artham: purpose/reason
• artham: Karma (कर्म/Object; purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āgataḥ: (I) have come
• āgataḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि—‘having come’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• te: your
• te: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (your)

• gṛham: house
• gṛham: Karma (कर्म/Object; destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prati: towards
• prati: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण; direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश/पूर्वसर्ग (preposition: towards)

• samīkṣitum: to observe/examine
• samīkṣitum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√īkṣ (धातु) + tumun (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त—तुमुन् (infinitive); प्रयोजनार्थे (in order to)

• ācāram: conduct/practice
• ācāram: Karma (कर्म/Object; of samīkṣitum)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• deva-pūjām: worship of the gods
• deva-pūjām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-pūjā (प्रातिपदिक: देव + पूजा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (देवस्य पूजा)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• atithīnām: of guests
• atithīnām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atithi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• tarpaṇam: satiation/oblatory offering (tarpana)
• tarpaṇam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tarpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma-śāstra Themes

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic presentation of gṛhastha (householder) norms—evaluating ācāra (social-ritual conduct), deva-pūjā (domestic worship), and atithi-satkara (guest-honoring)—themes that overlap with Dharma-śāstra ethical frameworks.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the setting is a household (gṛha) context rather than a pilgrimage or regional reference.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes that ethical life is observable through daily conduct—especially worship practices and the respectful honoring of guests (atithi-dharma), presented as markers of cultivated household discipline.