Varaha Purana 205.5: Adhyaya 205, Shloka 5

Description of the Proclamation of Auspicious and Inauspicious Karmic Results

Devanagari script

दारत्यागी त्वधर्मिष्ठः पुत्रपौत्रविवर्जितः ॥ क्षिप्तं वै रौरवे ह्येनं क्षपयन्तु महौजसः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 205.5

Transliteration

dāra-tyāgī tv adharmiṣṭhaḥ putra-pautra-vivarjitaḥ | kṣiptaṃ vai raurave hy enaṃ kṣapayantu mahaujasaḥ ||

Translation

مَن يهجر زوجته—وهو أشدّ الناس جورًا—محرومٌ من الأبناء والأحفاد؛ فإذا أُلقي في رَوْرَفَا، فليُذِقه ذوو البأس هناك تمامَ نَفادِ العقوبة.

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Word by Word

• dāra-tyāgī: wife-abandoning
• dāra-tyāgī: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + tyāgin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); samāsa: dārān tyajati iti (wife-abandoning)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (निपात) expressing contrast/emphasis

• adharmiṣṭhaḥ: most unrighteous
• adharmiṣṭhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adharmiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; superlative (-iṣṭha)

• putra-pautra-vivarjitaḥ: deprived of sons and grandsons
• putra-pautra-vivarjitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + pautra (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; samāsa: putra-pautraiḥ vivarjitaḥ (devoid of sons and grandsons)

• kṣiptam: cast/thrown
• kṣiptam: Karma (कर्म/Object predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣip (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP); Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom/Acc), Ekavacana; agrees with enam (him) in sense as 'cast'

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic particle (निपात)

• raurave: in Raurava (hell)
• raurave: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raurava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (Locative/सप्तमी), Ekavacana

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; causal/emphatic particle (निपात)

• enam: him
• enam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• kṣapayantu: let them destroy/consume
• kṣapayantu: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb); ājñā (command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣap (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ lakāra (Imperative/लोट्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); parasmaipada

• mahaujasaḥ: the mighty ones
• mahaujasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ojas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Bahuvacana; samāsa: mahad ojaḥ yeṣām te (mighty/strong)

Speaker

Ṛṣiputra (reporting adjudicatory language; agents implied)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Dharma Discourse
• Afterlife Accounts

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic social-ethical norms by linking specific social transgressions to named punitive realms, a common feature of medieval Sanskrit moral literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

Raurava is a cosmological ‘hell’ designation, not a historical geographic site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage condemns abandonment of one’s spouse and frames it as a serious social and moral breach with severe consequences.