वरतनु

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

शब्दसागरः

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

वरतनु¦ f. (-नुः) An elegant woman. E. वर and तनु body.

Monier-Williams

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

वरतनु/ वर--तनु mf( ऊ)n. having a beautiful body Ka1lac.

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

VARATANU : A King of the Kurus. Because of his sin- ful deeds in the previous birth he was denied the happi- ness of getting children in the next birth. In the rebirth his name was Śrīdhara. He lived with his wife Prabhā- vatī for a long time, but did not get children. When the hermit Vyāsa came to his palace once, the King asked him for the reason of his remaining childless. Vyāsa replied “Oh King, hear why you have only one wife and why you do not get children. In the previous birth you had been a brahmin named Vara- tanu. Your wife was called Śaṅkarī. When both of you were going somewhere once, you happened to see a low- caste child falling into water. Without paying any heed to it, you went on your way. The child was drowned. Though both of you have taken births in royal families due to the several good deeds of yours, you have become childless because of that one sinful act.”

According to the instruction of Vyāsa, he gave Brah- mins alms of gold, clothes, oxen, pumpkin etc. and performed Bāla vrata, the rite for the sake of children. Thus he got remission of his sin. Within a year he got a son loved and respected by everyone. That handsome prince became an emperor who came to be the founder of a dynasty. (Padma Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chap- ter 6).


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*3rd word in right half of page 830 (+offset) in original book.