Varaha Purana 199.27: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

अनुभूयेह तत्सर्वं मानुष्यं यदि यास्यथ ॥ कुलेषु सुदरिद्राणां गर्भवासेन पीडिताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 199.27

Transliteration

anubhūyeha tat sarvaṃ mānuṣyaṃ yadi yāsyatha || kuleṣu sudaridrāṇāṃ garbhavāsena pīḍitāḥ

Translation

Nachdem ihr all das hier erfahren habt, wenn ihr in menschliche Existenz eingeht, werdet ihr in äußerst armen Familien geboren, gequält durch den Aufenthalt im Mutterleib.

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Word by Word

• अनुभूय: having experienced
• अनुभूय: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु + भू (धातु) → अनुभूय (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having experienced’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (here)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (of सर्वम्)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of अनुभूय)

• मानुष्यम्: human state / humanity
• मानुष्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक क्रियायाः कर्म (object of यास्यथ)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, शर्तबोधक (conditional particle ‘if’)

• यास्यथ: you will go/attain
• यास्यथ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन

• कुलेषु: in families
• कुलेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), बहुवचन

• सुदरिद्राणाम्: of the very poor
• सुदरिद्राणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of कुलेषु: ‘of very poor (people)’)

• गर्भवासेन: by (the suffering of) dwelling in the womb
• गर्भवासेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: ‘गर्भे वासः’ (locative tatpurusha); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• पीडिताः: afflicted
• पीडिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीड् (धातु) → पीडित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विधेय/विशेषण (of implied ‘यूयम्’)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Karma Theory
• Rebirth Doctrine
• Social History (poverty as motif)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links otherworldly punishment to social rebirth outcomes, illustrating how Purāṇic ethics can map moral causality onto embodied human conditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named; the verse concerns rebirth conditions (kula, garbha-vāsa) rather than place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Moral causality extends beyond a single lifetime; harmful conduct is portrayed as shaping both post-mortem experience and future birth circumstances.