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Varaha Purana 202.29: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 29

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

उद्विग्नवासं पतितं यत्र यत्रोपपद्यते ॥ पापकर्मसमुद्विग्नो जातो जातः पुनःपुनः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.29

udvignavāsaṃ patitaṃ yatra yatro papadyate || pāpakarmasamudvigno jāto jātaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

जहाँ भी वो पैदा होता है, वहाँ उसका दिल घबराता रहता है। अपने बुरे काम करन उस्से परेशानी होती है। वो बार-बार पैदा होता है और हर बार परेशान रहता है।

उद्विग्न-वासम्a frightened dwelling/state of fear
उद्विग्न-वासम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउद्विग्न (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (उद्विग्नः वासः)
पतितम्fallen, degraded
पतितम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपतित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (उद्विग्नवासम्)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)
यत्रwherever
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (wherever)
उपपद्यतेis born/comes into existence
उपपद्यते:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप + पद् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
पाप-कर्म-समुद्विग्नःdistressed due to sinful deeds
पाप-कर्म-समुद्विग्नः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्विग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (पापं कर्म यस्य/येन सः समुद्विग्नः)
जातःborn
जातः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
जातःborn (again)
जातः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphasis)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; काल/आवृत्ति-वाचक (again)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (again and again)

Varāha (default, instructor voice in dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Moral Psychology
V
Vaishnavism

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It presents a moral-psychological dimension of karma: wrongdoing is described not only as external punishment but as recurring inner distress across births.

No geographic location is specified.

Actions have enduring consequences; harmful deeds are portrayed as generating repeated suffering and instability across rebirths.

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