Varaha Purana 201.31: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 31

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

Uttara Bhāga · Raṇa-varṇana (Taunts and counterclaims)

Devanagari script

किन्तु मूढ त्वया शस्त्रं न मुक्तं मे रुजाकरम् ॥ मया क्षिप्तास्तु इषवः प्रतीच्छ क्व पलायसे

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.31

Transliteration

kintu mūḍha tvayā śastraṃ na muktaṃ me rujākaram || mayā kṣiptās tu iṣavaḥ pratīccha kva palāyase

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

„Doch, du Tor, die Waffe, die du abgeschossen hast, ist nicht die, die mir Schmerz bereitet. Vielmehr: die Pfeile, die ich geschleudert habe — nimm sie an! Wohin fliehst du?“

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Word by Word

• किन्तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चय/विरोधार्थक-अव्यय (adversative conjunction)
• Role: सम्बन्ध (Discourse connector)
• Root: किन्तु (अव्यय)

• मूढ: O fool
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन
• Role: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Root: मूढ (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वया: by you
• Type: Noun
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन
• Role: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument; agent in passive)
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शस्त्रम्: weapon
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here as object of 'released' (understood)
• Role: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)
• Role: निषेध (Negation)
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• मुक्तम्: released
• Type: Verb
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; शस्त्रम्-विशेषण
• Role: कर्म-विशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

• मे: my
• Type: Noun
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)
• Role: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रुजाकरम्: pain-causing
• Type: Adjective
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'pain' + 'making'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; शस्त्रम्-विशेषण
• Role: कर्म-विशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
• Root: रुजा (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मया: by me
• Type: Noun
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन
• Role: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument; agent in passive)
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षिप्ताः: thrown
• Type: Verb
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; इषवः-विशेषण
• Role: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa)
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)

• तु: indeed / but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic/adversative particle)
• Role: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Root: तु (अव्यय)

• इषवः: arrows
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन
• Role: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Root: इषु (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतीच्छ: receive! / take!
• Type: Verb
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्रति
• Role: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Root: प्रति + इ (धातु)

• क्व: where?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: प्रश्नाव्यय (interrogative adverb)
• Role: देशाधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Root: क्व (अव्यय)

• पलायसे: you flee
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
• Role: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Root: पलाय् (धातु)

Sandhi Notes

• क्षिप्तास्तु = क्षिप्ताः + तु

Speaker and setting

Vira and Raudra rasaSetting: Battlefield (mythic)

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Ethics of power / dharmic valor

Subjects

Boasting and defianceWeapon efficacy claimsRhetoric of pursuit

Core idea

Adharmic aggression fails against divinely grounded strength; true power is not merely striking first but standing unshaken and responding with measured force.

In practice

In conflict, assess real efficacy (what truly harms) rather than noise; respond firmly to intimidation without losing composure.

The Varaha avatara

Aspect

Battle fury

Cross references

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Sanskrit Insults and Rhetoric
• Lexeme study (rujā)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common epic trope: the speaker denies injury and asserts superior force, offering material for study of insult vocabulary and performative bravado in Sanskrit narratives.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is given.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical instruction; it functions as dramatic dialogue emphasizing pride, pursuit, and confrontation.