Varaha Purana 202.11: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 11

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

Devanagari script

कृतं लोभाभिभूतेन कामसम्मोहितेन च ॥ तस्य छित्वा ततो लिङ्गं क्षारमग्निं च दीपय ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.11

Transliteration

kṛtaṃ lobhābhibhūtena kāmasammohitena ca || tasya chittvā tato liṅgaṃ kṣāram agniṃ ca dīpaya ||

Translation

यह काम ललच में फंस के किया गया था। काम की वजह से दिमाग घूम गया था। इसलिए इसका लिंग काट दो। फिर उसमें खार और आग लगा दो।

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Word by Word

• कृतम्: done; committed
• कृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कृतम्’ = done/made

• लोभ-अभिभूतेन: by one overcome by greed
• लोभ-अभिभूतेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक) + अभि√भू (धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (लोभेन अभिभूतः), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; instrumental of agent/means

• काम-सम्मोहितेन: by one deluded by desire
• काम-सम्मोहितेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्√मुह् (धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कामेन सम्मोहितः), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तस्य: of him/that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; masculine/neuter genitive

• छित्वा: having cut
• छित्वा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having cut’

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Desha/Kala-adhikarana (देश/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्ययीभावार्थ/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: then/from there)

• लिङ्गम्: the phallus/mark (liṅga)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• क्षारम्: alkali; caustic substance
• क्षारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• अग्निम्: fire
• अग्निम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दीपय: ignite; make (it) burn
• दीपय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘make blaze/ignite’

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Moral Psychology
• Afterlife Narratives
• Didactic Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic moral psychology, identifying greed and desire as causal drivers of wrongdoing and embedding them in a narrative of consequences.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Unchecked greed and desire are presented as root causes of harmful action and thus central targets of ethical self-regulation.