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Varaha Purana 201.23: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 23

The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers

तूर्यक्श्वेडितसंघुष्टैर्बलितास्फोटितैरपि ॥ जयार्थिनो द्रुतं वीराश्चालयन्तश्च मेदिनीम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 201.23

tūryakṣveḍitasaṃghuṣṭair balitāsphoṭitair api || jayārthino drutaṃ vīrāś cālayantaś ca medinīm ||

ومع ضجيج الآلات وصيحات القتال، ومع الزئير والتصفيق أيضًا، تقدّم الأبطال سريعًا، يبتغون الظفر، حتى جعلوا الأرض ترتجف.

तूर्य-क्ष्वेडित-संघुष्टैःwith the din caused by instruments and shouts
तूर्य-क्ष्वेडित-संघुष्टैः:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतूर्य + क्ष्वेडित + संघुष्ट (कृदन्त; √घुष् (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘तूर्याणां क्ष्वेडितेन संघुष्टैः’—instrumental plural qualifying sounds/clamors (implicit)
बलित-आस्फोटितैःwith (sounds of) roaring and clapping/snapping
बलित-आस्फोटितैः:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबलित (कृदन्त; √बल्/√वल् (धातु) + क्त) + आस्फोटित (कृदन्त; आ+√स्फुट् (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व; Instrumental plural
अपिalso
अपि:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्योपपद (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अवधानार्थ (also)
जय-अर्थिनःseeking victory
जय-अर्थिनः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootजय + अर्थिन् (कृदन्त; √अर्थ् (धातु) + इन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इन्-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘जयम् अर्थयन्ति’—seeking victory
द्रुतम्quickly
द्रुतम्:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्योपपद (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्रुतम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
वीराःheroes/warriors
वीराः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural
चालयन्तःshaking, causing to tremble
चालयन्तः:
कर्ता (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√चल् (धातु) + णिच् + शतृ (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle) ‘causing to move/shaking’
and
:
समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)
मेदिनीम्the earth
मेदिनीम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

Narrator (default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue context; verse itself is narrative)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
S
Sanskrit Battle Poetics

FAQs

It preserves the sonic vocabulary of Sanskrit battle-poetics (tūrya, kṣveḍita) and uses the conventional image of the trembling earth (medinī) to convey scale and intensity.

No named location is given; 'medinī' refers generically to the earth.

No direct ethical instruction is stated; the verse emphasizes the momentum and intensity of conflict.

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