Varaha Purana 201.14: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 14

The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers

Devanagari script

हत्वा वै पापकानेतान्मम विप्रियकारिणः ॥ एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य वचनं चेदमब्रुवन् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.14

Transliteration

hatvā vai pāpakān etān mama vipriyakāriṇaḥ || etac chrutvā vacas tasya vacanaṃ cedam abruvan ||

Translation

„Wahrlich, tötet diese Sünder, die gegen meinen Willen gehandelt haben.“ Als sie seine Worte hörten, sprachen sie diese Erwiderung.

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Word by Word

• hatvā: having slain
• hatvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• pāpakān: sinful, wicked
• pāpakān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण etān-इत्यस्य

• etān: these (ones)
• etān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vipriya-kāriṇaḥ: those who do what is displeasing (to me)
• vipriya-kāriṇaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipriya (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (doers of what is displeasing), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; etān-इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• vacaḥ: speech, words
• vacaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vacanam: statement
• vacanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• abruvan: they said
• abruvan: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (default: Varāha framework; direct speech attributed to Citragupta then response by Mandehas)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Dharma and Administration
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a common Sanskrit narrative hinge: quoted command followed by ‘having heard, they replied,’ useful for discourse analysis and oral-formulaic study.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse reinforces the moral category of pāpaka (wrongdoer) within a system of authority and consequence, while remaining descriptive rather than prescriptive.