Varaha Purana 203.2: Adhyaya 203, Shloka 2

Enumeration and Description of Classes of Sins and Their Consequences

Devanagari script

शीलसंयमहीनानां कृष्णपक्षानुगामिनाम् ॥ महापापैरुपेतानां कथ्यतां तत्पराभवम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 203.2

Transliteration

śīlasaṃyamahīnānāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣānugāminām || mahāpāpair upetānāṃ kathyatāṃ tatparābhavam

Translation

Es werde der Niedergang derer beschrieben, die ohne gute Sitte und Selbstzucht sind, die der dunklen Seite folgen und von großen Sünden erfüllt sind.

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Word by Word

• शीलसंयमहीनानाम्: of those devoid of conduct and self-restraint
• शीलसंयमहीनानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Possessive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शील-संयम-हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—शीलं च संयमः (द्वन्द्व-आधार) + तयोः हीनः (तत्पुरुष)

• कृष्णपक्षानुगामिनाम्: of those who follow the dark fortnight
• कृष्णपक्षानुगामिनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-पक्ष-अनुगामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—कृष्णः पक्षः (कर्मधारय) + तमनुगच्छन्ति (तत्पुरुष)

• महापापैः: with great sins
• महापापैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय—महानि पापानि

• उपेतानाम्: of those endowed/associated (with)
• उपेतानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-इ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘युक्त/समन्वित’ अर्थे

• कथ्यताम्: let (it) be described
• कथ्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense): ‘let it be told’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; पराभवम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पराभवम्: downfall / ruin
• पराभवम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛṣiputra (contextual continuation)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Moral Typologies
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It frames an ethical discourse in terms of character and restraint, reflecting Purāṇic pedagogy that classifies moral failure as a recognizable social type.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivation of conduct (śīla) and restraint (saṃyama) is foregrounded by contrasting it with the described ‘downfall’ of those lacking them.