Varaha Purana 195.21: Adhyaya 195, Shloka 21
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
Uttara Bhāga · Karmic Consequence (Non-destruction of the embodied condition in that realm)
न नाशो हि शरीरस्य तस्मिन्देशे तपोधनाः॥ यस्य यस्य हि यत्कर्म पच्यमानः पुनः पुनः॥
na nāśo hi śarīrasya tasmind deśe tapodhanāḥ || yasya yasya hi yatkarma pacyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
na nAsho hi sharIrasya tasmindeshe tapodhanAH || yasya yasya hi yatkarma pachyamAnaH punaH punaH
उस जगह बॉडी का नाश नहीं होता। लोग वहाँ बार-बार अपने करम का फल भुगतते हैं। जैसे-जैसे करम किए हैं, वैसा-वैसा रिज़ल्ट मिलता है। यह प्रोसेस चलता रहता है।
Sandhi Notes
- तस्मिन्देशे = तस्मिन् + देशे
- यत्कर्म = यत् + कर्म
- पच्यमानः is a present passive participle from √पच्
- पुनः पुनः repetition
Varāha
Karmic results are experienced repeatedly in accordance with specific actions; death is not annihilation of accountability.
Adopt dharmic conduct; perform prāyaścitta where appropriate; cultivate inner detachment and devotion/knowledge to end the cycle.
‘No destruction of the body’ emphasizes the pedagogic continuity of experience in karmic maturation; ‘pacyamāna’ frames suffering as the ‘heat’ that processes latent karma.
As long as identification with body-mind persists, one undergoes karma-phala; liberation is cessation of identification, not mere relocation to another realm.
In the punitive region the body is not destroyed; beings repeatedly undergo the ripening (‘cooking’) of results exactly according to their deeds.
Deeds cannot be ‘escaped’ by death; karmic results persist and recur until exhausted, motivating ethical living and expiation.
Varaha Purana 195.19 (corresponding outcomes in Yama’s abode); Varaha Purana 195.23 (pacyamāna/dahyamāna until kalpa-end)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic narrative technique: bodily continuity is asserted to explain how consequences can be repeatedly experienced.
No specific named location beyond “that region” (tasmind deśe), understood contextually as an otherworldly domain.
Actions are portrayed as inescapably consequential, with results recurring until exhausted.
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