Varaha Purana 178.4: Adhyaya 178, Shloka 4

Ritual Observance for Reciting the Deeds of Śatrughna

Remembrance of the Slaying of Lavaṇa

Devanagari script

हर्षस्तु सुमहान्जातो रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः ॥ अयोध्यायाः समायातो रामः सबलवाहनः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 178.4

Transliteration

harṣas tu sumahāñ jāto rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ || ayodhyāyāḥ samāyāto rāmaḥ sabalavāhanaḥ ||

Translation

Isang napakalaking kagalakan ang sumibol para kay Rāma, na di-napapagod ang mga gawa. Dumating si Rāma mula sa Ayodhyā, kasama ang kaniyang mga hukbo at mga sasakyang pandigma.

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Word by Word

• harṣaḥ: joy
• harṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: harṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (m.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.)

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adversative/contrastive particle

• sumahān: very great
• sumahān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + mahant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (m.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.); viśeṣaṇa of harṣaḥ

• jātaḥ: arose, occurred
• jātaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Kta participle (क्त/भूतकर्मणि), Puṁliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Ekavacana; used predicatively ‘arose/was born’

• rāmasya: of Rāma
• rāmasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana (sg.)

• akliṣṭa-karmaṇaḥ: of him whose deeds are unwearied
• akliṣṭa-karmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kliṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: akliṣṭa (‘unwearied’) qualifying karma (‘deeds’); epithet of Rāma

• ayodhyāyāḥ: from Ayodhyā
• ayodhyāyāḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayodhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Pañcamī vibhakti (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana (sg.); apādāna (from)

• samāyātaḥ: arrived
• samāyātaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-yā (धातु)
• Form: Kta participle (क्त), Puṁliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Ekavacana; ‘having come/arrived’

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (m.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.)

• sa-bala-vāhanaḥ: with (his) army and vehicles
• sa-bala-vāhanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa with ‘sa-’ = ‘with’; ‘with army and vehicles’ (bala + vāhana as coordinated members inside)

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative frame)

Tags

• Ayodhyā
• Rāmāyaṇa Reception
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Royal Dharma

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It evidences the Purāṇic reuse of epic characters and epithets, contributing to the study of how Rāma’s image is stabilized across Sanskrit traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

Ayodhyā—widely identified with modern Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, a major locus in North Indian cultural memory.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The depiction of an ‘unwearied’ ruler models steadiness and duty as admired qualities in leadership narratives.