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Varaha Purana 193.48: Adhyaya 193, Shloka 48

Naciketas’ Journey to Yama’s Abode and the Eulogy of Truthfulness

मिथ्याभिशंसिनं तात यथेष्टं तारयिष्यति ॥ रोषेण हि मृषावादी निर्दयः कुलपांसनः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 193.48

mithyābhiśaṁsinaṁ tāta yatheṣṭaṁ tārayiṣyati || roṣeṇa hi mṛṣāvādī nirdayaḥ kulapāṁsanaḥ

बेटा, कोई कहता है झूठा आदमी आराम से बच जाएगा। पर गुस्से में वो बड़ा ज़ालिम हो जाता है। अपने खंडान का नाम खराब कर देता है।

मिथ्या-अभिशंसिनम्one who falsely accuses / slanders
मिथ्या-अभिशंसिनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमिथ्या (अव्यय) + अभिशंसिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अव्ययपूर्वपद-तत्पुरुष)
तातO dear one / O son
तात:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootतात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
यथा-इष्टम्as desired / according to wish
यथा-इष्टम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) + इष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverbial)
तारयिष्यतिwill deliver / will save
तारयिष्यति:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतॄ (धातु) [तारयति—णिच्]
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense (णिच्)
रोषेणby anger / with wrath
रोषेण:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootरोष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन
हिindeed / for
हि:
Sambandha/Avyaya (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle/emphasis)
मृषा-वादीa liar / false speaker
मृषा-वादी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमृषा (अव्यय) + वादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अव्ययपूर्वपद-तत्पुरुष)
निर्दयःmerciless
निर्दयः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्दय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्
कुल-पांसनःthe disgrace of the family
कुल-पांसनः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकुल (प्रातिपदिक) + पांसन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कुलस्य पांसनः)

Vaiśampāyana (continuing narration; not re-marked here but implied by sequence)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Ethics
S
Sanskrit Moral Psychology
S
Social Norms

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It preserves a social-ethical critique of false accusation and lying, reflecting broader Sanskrit concerns about speech as a force shaping lineage reputation and communal trust.

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment.

Falsehood and slander, especially when driven by anger, are portrayed as socially corrosive and personally dehumanizing.

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