Varaha Purana 199.29: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 29

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

Devanagari script

खादन्ति रुषितास्तत्र बहवो हिंसका नरान् ॥ ऋक्षद्वीपिसमाकीर्णे बहुकीटपिपीलिके ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 199.29

Transliteration

khādanti ruṣitās tatra bahavo hiṃsakā narān || ṛkṣadvīpisamākīrṇe bahukīṭapipīlike

Translation

वहाँ बहुत सारे हिंसक लोग हैं जो गुस्से में आदमियों को मारके खाते हैं। वहाँ रीछ और चीतड़े भरे हैं। और बहुत सारे कीड़े मकोड़े भी हैं।

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Word by Word

• khādanti: they eat/devour
• khādanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khād (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ruṣitāḥ: angered
• ruṣitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruṣita (कृदन्त; √ruṣ धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘angered’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• bahavaḥ: many
• bahavaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• hiṃsakāḥ: killers/violent ones
• hiṃsakāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiṃsaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• narān: men/people
• narān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• ṛkṣa-dvīpi-samākīrṇe: in (a place) filled with bears and leopards
• ṛkṣa-dvīpi-samākīrṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṛkṣa + dvīpin + samākīrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः: (ṛkṣa-dvīpi) द्वन्द्व-समाहार as prior member + तत्पुरुष with samākīrṇa (‘filled with bears and leopards’)

• bahu-kīṭa-pipīlike: in (a place) with many insects and ants
• bahu-kīṭa-pipīlike: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu + kīṭa + pipīlikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (bahu + kīṭa-pipīlikā) = ‘having many insects and ants’

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Mythic Ecology
• Afterlife Imagery
• Sanskrit Lexicography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse shows how Purāṇic texts employ recognizable fauna terms to make otherworldly descriptions vivid and rhetorically persuasive.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific earthly location is identified; it is a generalized punitive forest-scape.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It reiterates moral accountability by depicting an environment where violence and fear are unavoidable outcomes.