Varaha Purana 202.35: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 35

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

Devanagari script

जायतां च ततः पश्चाच्छूनां योनौ दुरात्मवान् ॥ भ्रष्टोऽपि जायतां तस्मान्मानुषः क्लेशभाजनः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.35

Transliteration

jāyatāṃ ca tataḥ paścāc chūnāṃ yonau durātmavān || bhraṣṭo 'pi jāyatāṃ tasmān mānuṣaḥ kleśabhājanaḥ

Translation

उसके बाद वो बुरे आदमी कुत्ते की पैदा होगा। फिर भी उससे इंसान बनने दो, लेकिन ज़िन्दगी भर दुख उठाना पड़ेगा।

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Word by Word

• jāyatām: let (him) be born
• jāyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लकारः: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि (Passive), पुरुषः: प्रथम (3rd), वचनम्: एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Anantara-kāla (अनन्तरकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषणम्

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक

• śūnām: of dogs
• śūnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yonau: in a womb
• yonau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• dur-ātmavān: evil-natured
• dur-ātmavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dus + ātmavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः (‘bad’ + ‘souled/charactered’)

• bhraṣṭaḥ: fallen/degraded
• bhraṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhraṃś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः: fallen/deprived

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधानार्थक (particle: even/also)

• jāyatām: let (him) be born
• jāyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लकारः: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि (Passive), पुरुषः: प्रथम (3rd), वचनम्: एकवचन (Singular)

• tasmāt: from that/thereafter
• tasmāt: Apādāna/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-रूपम्: पञ्चमी-एकवचन (Ablative/5th sg) सर्वनाम; अव्ययवत् कारण/अपादानार्थे

• mānuṣaḥ: a human (being)
• mānuṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• kleśa-bhājanaḥ: a receptacle of suffering
• kleśa-bhājanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kleśa + bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of suffering’ + ‘receptacle’)

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Rebirth Doctrine
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic narrative pattern linking moral failure with cross-species rebirth, followed by a return to human life marked by residual suffering.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse communicates the idea that unethical actions can lead to degraded rebirths and continuing hardship even after regaining human birth.