Varaha Purana 199.19: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 19

Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution

Devanagari script

तत्र तत्रैव पाप त्वां न त्यक्ष्ये पारदारिकम्॥ लोहयष्टिप्रहारैश्च ताडयन्ति पुनःपुनः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 199.19

Transliteration

tatra tatraiva pāpa tvāṃ na tyakṣye pāradārikam || lohayaṣṭi-prahāraiś ca tāḍayanti punaḥpunaḥ ||

Translation

हे पापी, वहाँ भी मैं तुम्हे छोड़ने वाला नहीं हूँ, तुम दूसरे की औरत के पीछे भागने वाले। वो लोग तुम्हे लोहे की लाठी से फिर से फिर से मारते हैं।

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Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• tatra: here and there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति द्वारा विशेषण (repetition for emphasis)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha/Upapada (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक निपात (restrictive/emphatic particle)

• pāpa: O sinner
• pāpa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेधार्थक निपात

• tyakṣye: I will abandon
• tyakṣye: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; धातु: √tyaj (त्यज्) "to abandon"

• pāradārikam: adulterer / one who goes to others' wives
• pāradārikam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāradārika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेष्यभावे (as apposition/descriptor of tvām)

• loha-yaṣṭi-prahāraiḥ: with blows of iron rods
• loha-yaṣṭi-prahāraiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loha (प्रातिपदिक) + yaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + prahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: लोहमयी याṣṭिः (loha-yaṣṭi) + तया कृताः प्रहाराः (yaṣṭi-prahāra) इति षष्ठी/तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभावः; पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tāḍayanti: they strike
• tāḍayanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tāḍ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; धातु: √tāḍ (ताड्) "to strike"

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• punaḥ: again and again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति द्वारा आवृत्तिविशेषः

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Moral Sanctions
• Sanskrit Legal-Ethical Vocabulary

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a technical ethical label (pāradārika) also known from normative discourses, showing overlap between Purāṇic narrative and broader dharma vocabulary.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named; “tatra tatra” functions as a narrative device indicating repeated stations of punishment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text marks violation of marital boundaries as a serious wrongdoing and frames consequences as persistent and unavoidable.