Varaha Purana 201.32: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 32

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

Devanagari script

किं त्वं वदसि दुर्बुद्धे एषोऽहं पारगो रणे ॥ मम बाहु विमुक्तस्तु यदि जीवस्यतो वद

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.32

Transliteration

kiṃ tvaṃ vadasi durbuddhe eṣo 'haṃ pārago raṇe || mama bāhu vimuktas tu yadi jīvasyato vada

Translation

„Was redest du, du Übelgesinnter? Hier bin ich, im Kampf bewandert. Mein Arm ist frei geworden; willst du leben, so sprich (deine Unterwerfung).“

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Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: कर्म (Karma/Object; interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (used adverbially: 'what?')

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• वदसि: you say
• वदसि: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दुर्बुद्धे: O evil-minded one
• दुर्बुद्धे: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (descriptive: 'bad' + 'intellect'); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पारगः: one who has crossed / expert
• पारगः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

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

• बाहुः: arm
• बाहुः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विमुक्तः: released / freed
• विमुक्तः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बाहुः-विशेषण; उपसर्ग: वि

• तु: indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• यदि: if
• यदि: सम्बन्ध (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• जीवस्यतः: of (one) living / while alive
• जीवस्यतः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; 'of (you) living' = 'while alive/if you are alive'

• वद: speak! / tell!
• वद: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative voice; quoted combatants within narration)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Sanskrit Pragmatics (commands/threats)
• Martial Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a narrative speech-act common in Sanskrit battle literature: asserting mastery (pāraga) and issuing a conditional ultimatum, reflecting stylized norms of heroic confrontation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical maxim is given; the verse frames survival as contingent on the opponent’s response, a narrative device rather than a general moral teaching.