Varaha Purana 134.25: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 25

Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure

Upaspṛśya

Devanagari script

व्यभिचारं च मे कृत्वा यश्च मामुपसर्पति ॥ दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशवर्षशतानि च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 134.25

Transliteration

vyabhicāraṃ ca me kṛtvā yaś ca mām upasarpati || daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca ||

Translation

जो मेरे साथ धोखा करता है और फिर भी मेरे पास आता है, उसको दस हज़ार साल और सौ साल तक भुगतना पड़ता है।

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Word by Word

• vyabhicāram: adultery/infidelity
• vyabhicāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyabhicāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय/अन्वाचय)

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त अव्यय), ‘having done’

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun (यत्-सम्बन्ध), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• upasarpati: approaches/comes near
• upasarpati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa√sṛp (सृप् धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), Indeclinable in compound-use here; qualifies following compound

• varṣa-sahasrāṇi: thousands of years
• varṣa-sahasrāṇi: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘of years’ + ‘thousands’

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), used to qualify following compound

• varṣa-śatāni: hundreds of years
• varṣa-śatāni: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘of years’ + ‘hundreds’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

Speaker

Varāha (contextual continuation)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Prāyaścitta
• Moral Psychology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Numbered durations reflect a Purāṇic idiom for moral consequence, paralleling dharma literature where time spans express gravity of fault.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference occurs; the verse describes moral consequence in temporal terms.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Approach without integrity—after a serious breach—is treated as ethically weighty and requiring rectification.