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Varaha Purana 133.2: Adhyaya 133, Shloka 2

Expiations for ritual-time impurity and the offense of defecation/urination in a sacred context

मक्षिका पञ्च वर्षाणि त्रीणि वर्षाणि मूषकः ॥ श्वा चैव त्रीणि वर्षाणि कूर्मो वै जायते नव ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 133.2

makṣikā pañca varṣāṇi trīṇi varṣāṇi mūṣakaḥ | śvā caiva trīṇi varṣāṇi kūrmo vai jāyate nava ||

(Uno llega a ser) mosca durante cinco años; ratón durante tres años; perro durante tres años; y en verdad nace como tortuga durante nueve años.

मक्षिकाfly
मक्षिका:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमक्षिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्या-शब्द (numeral), अव्ययवत्; here qualifying ‘वर्षाणि’ (five)
वर्षाणिyears
वर्षाणि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन
त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्या-शब्द, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; qualifying ‘वर्षाणि’
वर्षाणिyears
वर्षाणि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
मूषकःmouse/rat
मूषकः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमूषक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
श्वाdog
श्वा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रातिपदिक ‘श्वन्’ irregular nominative ‘श्वा’
चand
च:
Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण (emphasis particle)
त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्या-शब्द, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; qualifying ‘वर्षाणि’
वर्षाणिyears
वर्षाणि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
कूर्मःtortoise
कूर्मः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकूर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), emphasis/assurance
जायतेis born/arises
जायते:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
नवnine
नव:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootनव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्या-शब्द (numeral), अव्ययवत्; here ‘nine (years)’ as complement

Varāha (contextual continuation)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Ethics
D
Didactic Catalogs

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It exemplifies a mnemonic list-format used in Purāṇic moral instruction, where consequence is communicated through recognizable life-forms and durations.

No geographic reference appears in this verse.

Conduct is portrayed as consequential across lifetimes, encouraging ethical restraint through the logic of moral causality.

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