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Varaha Purana 194.19: Adhyaya 194, Shloka 19

The Return of Naciketas from Yama’s Abode: Inquiry into Death, Karma, and Dharmic Release

तं नाचिकेतसं दृष्ट्वा यमलोकादिहागतम् ॥ भीतास्तत्र स्थिताः हृष्टाः केचित्कौतूहलान्विताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 194.19

taṃ nāciketasaṃ dṛṣṭvā yamalokād ihāgatam || bhītās tatra sthitā hṛṣṭāḥ kecit kautūhalānvitāḥ ||

नचिकेता वहाँ आया। वो यम के लोक से यहाँ आया था। रिशि उसे देख के डर गए। कुछ खुश भी हुए उसे देख के। और कुछ को बड़ा अजीब लगा, वो जानना चाहते थे यह कौन है।

तम्him
तम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
नाचिकेतसम्Nāciketas
नाचिकेतसम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootनाचिकेतस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेष्य-नाम (proper name)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
पूर्वकाल (absolutive; prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having seen’
यमलोकात्from Yama’s world
यमलोकात्:
अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative)
TypeNoun
Rootयम + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यमस्य लोकः)
इहhere
इह:
देशाधिकरण (locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
आगतम्arrived
आगतम्:
कर्मणि-विशेषण (object qualifier)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘come/arrived’ (tam ... āgatam)
भीताःafraid
भीताः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootभीत (प्रातिपदिक; √भी)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
देशाधिकरण (locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)
स्थिताःstanding
स्थिताः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘standing/remaining’
हृष्टाःdelighted
हृष्टाः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootहृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √हृष्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
केचित्some
केचित्:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, बहुवचनार्थे अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (some)
कौतूहलान्विताःendowed with curiosity
कौतूहलान्विताः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootकौतूहल + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (कौतूहलेन अन्विताः / कौतूहलस्य अन्विताः)

Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)

P
Purāṇic Narrative
E
Eschatological Motifs
S
Sanskrit Emotion Terms

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It captures a spectrum of communal reactions to a boundary-crossing event (return from the realm of death), a common narrative device in Sanskrit literature for exploring mortality and knowledge.

Yamaloka is referenced as a mythic realm; no earthly location is specified.

The verse implicitly frames death-related knowledge as provoking fear, joy, and inquiry—encouraging reflective curiosity rather than panic.

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