Varaha Purana 199.28: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 28

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

Devanagari script

पक्षिणश्चायसैस्तुण्डैर्व्याघ्राश्चैव सुदारुणाः ॥ तत्र घोरा बहुविधाः क्रव्यादाः श्वादयस्तथा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 199.28

Transliteration

pakṣiṇaś cāyasais tuṇḍair vyāghrāś caiva sudāruṇāḥ || tatra ghorā bahuvidhāḥ kravyādāḥ śvādayas tathā

Translation

Es gibt Vögel mit Eisenschnäbeln und überaus grausame Tiger; dort sind auch viele Arten furchtbarer Fleischfresser - Hunde und andere.

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Word by Word

• pakṣiṇaḥ: birds
• pakṣiṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• āyasaiḥ: with iron (made of iron)
• āyasaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tuṇḍaiḥ: with beaks
• tuṇḍaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• vyāghrāḥ: tigers
• vyāghrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• sudāruṇāḥ: very fierce/terrible
• sudāruṇāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-dāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय-समास (su + dāruṇa)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• ghorāḥ: terrible
• ghorāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• bahuvidhāḥ: of many kinds
• bahuvidhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu-vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय-समास (bahu + vidha)

• kravyādāḥ: flesh-eaters
• kravyādāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kravya-āda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kravyasya ādāḥ/ādaḥ = eater of flesh)

• śvādayaḥ: dogs and the like
• śvādayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śva-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘ādi’ = ‘and others’ (ending with -ayaḥ)

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Mythic Fauna
• Afterlife Imagery
• Moral Didacticism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a literary ‘punitive ecology’—animals and landscape elements become instruments in moral narration.

Which geographic location is identified?

No historical geography is specified; the fauna are part of an otherworldly punitive setting.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse intensifies the warning framework: wrongdoing is associated with fearsome environments and predation as consequence imagery.