Varaha Purana 199.19: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 19

Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution

Devanagari script

तत्र तत्रैव पाप त्वां न त्यक्ष्ये पारदारिकम्॥ लोहयष्टिप्रहारैश्च ताडयन्ति पुनःपुनः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 199.19

Transliteration

tatra tatraiva pāpa tvāṃ na tyakṣye pāradārikam || lohayaṣṭi-prahāraiś ca tāḍayanti punaḥpunaḥ ||

Translation

„Dort und eben dort, o Sünder, werde ich dich nicht verlassen — Ehebrecher. Und immer wieder schlagen sie dich mit Hieben eiserner Stäbe.“

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Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• tatra: here and there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति द्वारा विशेषण (repetition for emphasis)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha/Upapada (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक निपात (restrictive/emphatic particle)

• pāpa: O sinner
• pāpa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेधार्थक निपात

• tyakṣye: I will abandon
• tyakṣye: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; धातु: √tyaj (त्यज्) "to abandon"

• pāradārikam: adulterer / one who goes to others' wives
• pāradārikam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāradārika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेष्यभावे (as apposition/descriptor of tvām)

• loha-yaṣṭi-prahāraiḥ: with blows of iron rods
• loha-yaṣṭi-prahāraiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loha (प्रातिपदिक) + yaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + prahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: लोहमयी याṣṭिः (loha-yaṣṭi) + तया कृताः प्रहाराः (yaṣṭi-prahāra) इति षष्ठी/तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभावः; पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tāḍayanti: they strike
• tāḍayanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tāḍ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; धातु: √tāḍ (ताड्) "to strike"

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• punaḥ: again and again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति द्वारा आवृत्तिविशेषः

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Moral Sanctions
• Sanskrit Legal-Ethical Vocabulary

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a technical ethical label (pāradārika) also known from normative discourses, showing overlap between Purāṇic narrative and broader dharma vocabulary.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named; “tatra tatra” functions as a narrative device indicating repeated stations of punishment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text marks violation of marital boundaries as a serious wrongdoing and frames consequences as persistent and unavoidable.