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वरम् n. ind. (अम्) (g. स्वर्-आदि) preferably, rather, better (also = preferable, sometimes with abl. which in वेद is often followed by आe.g. अग्नि॑भ्यो व॑रम्, ‘better than fires’ [RV.] ; स॑खिभ्य आ॑ व॑रम्, ‘better than companions’ ib.; exceptionally with acc. e.g. शिष्यैः शत-हुतान् होमान्, एकः पुत्र-हुतो वरम्, ‘better one sacrifice offered by a son than a hundred offered by disciples’ [ṢaḍvBr.] ), [RV.] &c. &c.
वरम् n. ind. it is better that, it would be best if (with pres. e.g. वरं गच्छामि, ‘it is better that I go’; or with Impv. e.g. वरं नये स्थाप्यताम्, ‘it would be better if he were initiated into our plan’ [Kathās.] ; or without any verb e.g. वरं सिंहात्, ‘better [death caused] by a lion’ [Pañcat.] ; sometimes with Pot. , e.g. वरं तत् कुर्यात्, ‘better that he should do that’ [Kām.] ), [Kāv.] ; [Kathās.] &c.
वरम् it is better than, rather than (in these senses is followed by न, न च, न तु, न पुनः, तद् अपि न or तथा-पि न, with nom. e.g. वरं मृत्युर् नचा-कीर्तिः, ‘better death than [lit. ‘and not’] infamy’; exceptionally with instr. e.g. वरम् एको गुणी पुत्रो न च मूर्ख-शतैर् अपि, ‘better one virtuous son than hundreds of fools’ [Hit.] ; न हि-वरम्, ‘by no mean - but rather’), [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c.
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