Varaha Purana 201.33: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

तत्र ते सहसा घोरा राक्षसाः पिशिताशनाः ॥ मन्देहा नाम नाम्ना ते वध्यमानाः सहस्रशः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.33

Transliteration

tatra te sahasā ghorā rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ || mandehā nāma nāmnā te vadhyamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ

Translation

Dort erschienen plötzlich schreckliche Rākṣasas, Fleischfresser; sie hießen mit Namen „Mandehas“ und wurden zu Tausenden erschlagen.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ते: they
• ते: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb of manner/suddenly)

• घोराः: terrible
• घोराः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; राक्षसाः-विशेषण

• राक्षसाः: demons
• राक्षसाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पिशिताशनाः: flesh-eating
• पिशिताशनाः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिशित (प्रातिपदिक) + अशन्/अशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'flesh' + 'eater'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; राक्षसाः-विशेषण

• मन्देहाः: Mandehas (name of a group)
• मन्देहाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; proper name/class-name

• नाम: named / called
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable used to indicate naming: 'called')

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (reiterating subject)

• वध्यमानाः: being killed
• वध्यमानाः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa; passive state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—शानच् (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'being slain'

• सहस्रशः: by the thousand / in thousands
• सहस्रशः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (distributive adverb: 'by thousands')

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative voice)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Mythic Taxonomy
• Onomastics (group names)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides an onomastic data point (“Mandeha”) within a Purāṇic demonology framework, useful for cross-text comparison of named groups and narrative motifs.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic place-name is provided; “tatra” is deictic (“there”) within the narrative scene.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical instruction; it functions as narrative cataloging of combatants and the magnitude of destruction.