Varaha Purana 126.34: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 34
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya / Sacred Geography (mutual destruction)
तेनापि विषदिग्धेन व्याली शीघ्रं निपातिता ॥ उभौ चान्योन्य युद्धेन तदा पञ्चत्वमागतौ
tenāpi viṣadigdhena vyālī śīghraṃ nipātitā || ubhau cānyonya yuddhena tadā pañcatvam āgatau
tenApi viShadigdhena vyAlI shIghraM nipAtitA || ubhau chAnyonya yuddhena tadA paMchatvamAgatau
उसने उस नागिन को जल्दी गिरा दिया, उसमें ज़हर था। दोनों लड़ गए और मर गए।
Sandhi Notes
- tenāpi = tena + api
- cānyonya = ca + anyonya
Varāha
Anxious
What triggers the surge of anger leading to rash action, and how does such psychology shape fate in this narrative?
Unchecked anger rapidly collapses deliberation and drives one into danger.
Practice kṣamā (forbearance) and mindfulness before confrontation; pause when anger ‘reddens the eyes’—a sign of lost discernment.
‘Krodha-saṃrakta-locana’ (anger-reddened eyes) functions as an inner ‘poison’ parallel to the serpent’s venom: a psychological toxin that propels beings into saṃsāric harm, aligning moral psychology with cosmic order (ṛta/dharma).
Krodha as a vṛtti that veils discrimination (viveka); the verse dramatizes how mental modifications drive karma and suffering.
Continuation into the combat/death outcome and the later tīrtha-phala claim at 126.14
FAQs
The idiom pañcatva (return to the five elements) is a widely attested Sanskrit expression for death, useful for lexicography and comparative Purāṇic studies.
No new location is named; the event remains situated in the previously established sacred-site setting.
It conveys the destructive symmetry of violence: mutual hostility culminates in mutual loss.
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