Varaha Purana 39.70: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 70

Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance

Devanagari script

अगम्यागमनं येन कृतं जानाति मानवः । स इमं विधिमासाद्य तस्मात् पापाद् विमुच्यते ॥ ३९.७० ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 39.70

Transliteration

agamyāgamanaṃ yena kṛtaṃ jānāti mānavaḥ | sa imaṃ vidhim āsādya tasmāt pāpād vimucyate || 39.70 ||

Translation

Ang taong nakaaalam na siya’y nakagawa ng paglapit sa ipinagbabawal lapitan—kapag isinagawa niya ang itinakdang pamamaraang ito—ay napapalaya mula sa kasalanang iyon.

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Word by Word

• agamya-āgamanam: going to the forbidden (illicit approach)
• agamya-āgamanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agamya (गम् धातु; ण्यत्/तव्यत्-भाव) + āgamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa (अगम्यस्य आगमनम्)

• yena: by whom/through whom
• yena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; relative pronoun

• kṛtam: done/committed
• kṛtam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; past passive participle (क्त) used predicatively

• jānāti: knows/realizes
• jānāti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, present), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular

• mānavaḥ: a man/human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; pronoun

• imam: this
• imam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; pronoun

• vidhim: rite/rule
• vidhim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• āsādya: having undertaken/approached
• āsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-sad (आसद् धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), ‘having approached/undertaken’

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; pronoun

• pāpāt: from sin
• pāpāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular

• vimucyate: is freed/is released
• vimucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-muc (विमुच् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, present), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular; passive/reflexive sense ‘is released’

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa
• Legal-Ethical Discourse
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a dharma-śāstraic mode of Purāṇic composition in which moral-legal transgressions are paired with prescribed remedial procedures (prāyaścitta), illustrating how Purāṇas functioned as accessible ethical compendia alongside more technical legal texts.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it is framed as a general ethical-legal rule rather than a statement tied to a specific tīrtha or region.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Moral accountability (recognizing a transgression) is linked to remediation: acknowledging the prohibited act and undertaking the stated procedure leads to release from the resulting fault/sin.