Varaha Purana 116.8: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 8

An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering

Devanagari script

ममार्चनविधिं कृत्वा मम लोके महीयते ।। दुःखमेवं प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 116.8

Transliteration

mamārcanavidhiṃ kṛtvā mama loke mahīyate || duḥkham evaṃ pravakṣyāmi tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare

Translation

Matapos isagawa ang paraan ng pagsamba sa akin, siya’y pinararangalan sa aking daigdig. Ngayon ay ipaliliwanag ko ang pagdurusa sa ganitong paraan; pakinggan mo iyon, O Vasundharā (Ina ng Lupa).

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Word by Word

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• अर्चनविधिम्: the procedure of worship
• अर्चनविधिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन-विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having done’

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive sense): ‘is honored’

• दुःखम्: sorrow/suffering
• दुःखम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वसुन्धरे: O Earth (Vasundharā)
• वसुन्धरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows a typical Purāṇic structure: ritual instruction and reward (phalaśruti) followed by ethical-philosophical teaching on suffering.

Which geographic location is identified?

Vasundharā is the personified Earth, not a specific site; no named place is given.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Attend carefully to instruction on the causes and removal of suffering, framed within disciplined worship.