Varaha Purana 162.28: Adhyaya 162, Shloka 28

The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha

Devanagari script

सन्निधावुपलं दृष्ट्वा गृहीतं तेन तत्पदा ॥ चूर्णयामास तौ पादौ पीडया मोहितो द्विजः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 162.28

Transliteration

sannidhāv upalaṁ dṛṣṭvā gṛhītaṁ tena tat-padā || cūrṇayāmāsa tau pādau pīḍayā mohito dvijaḥ ||

Translation

Als er in der Nähe einen Stein sah, ergriff er ihn mit dem Fuß; der Zweimalgeborene, vom Schmerz benommen, zerquetschte sich beide Füße.

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Word by Word

• सन्निधौ: nearby / in the vicinity
• सन्निधौ: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• उपलम्: a stone
• उपलम्: कर्म (Karma/Object of seeing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वा/अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• गृहीतम्: taken / seized
• गृहीतम्: कर्म (Karma; describing the object taken)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) → गृहीत (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि; द्वितीया एकवचन नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘उपलम्’ इत्यस्य विधेय/विशेषण (predicative/attributive)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: कर्ता (Agent in passive/Instrumental agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• तत्पदा: with his foot
• तत्पदा: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitival tatpuruṣa: ‘his foot’); तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• चूर्णयामास: crushed / pulverized
• चूर्णयामास: क्रिया (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चूर्णय् (धातु, नामधातु from चूर्ण)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तौ: those two
• तौ: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Dual), पुल्लिङ्ग

• पादौ: feet (two)
• पादौ: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• पीडया: by pain
• पीडया: करण/हेतु (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• मोहितः: bewildered
• मोहितः: विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘द्विजः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुह् (धातु) → मोहित (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचन पुल्लिङ्ग; विशेषण (qualifier)

• द्विजः: the Brahmin
• द्विजः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

Speaker

Narrator (default dialogue frame: Varāha → Pṛthivī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Didactic Storytelling

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows how physical injury is used as a narrative instrument to concretize abstract ethical claims within Purāṇic storytelling.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage reinforces the story’s causal chain: bodily suffering follows conditions described earlier, expressed here through an accident-like event.