Varaha Purana 202.48: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 48

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

Devanagari script

कर्मण्येकैकशश्चायं स तु तिष्ठत्वयं पुनः ॥ वर्षलक्षं न सन्देहस्ततस्तिष्ठत्वयं पुनः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.48

Transliteration

karmaṇy ekaikaśaś cāyaṃ sa tu tiṣṭhatv ayaṃ punaḥ || varṣalakṣaṃ na sandehas tatas tiṣṭhatv ayaṃ punaḥ

Translation

हर एक काम का अलग अलग हिसाब है। एक लाख साल तक वही रहना पड़ेगा, कोई शक नहीं। फिर भी वही रहना पड़ेगा।

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Word by Word

• karmaṇi: in/with regard to the deed
• karmaṇi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• eka-ekaśaḥ: one by one
• eka-ekaśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक) + śas (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Distributive adverb (वितरणार्थक अव्यय): ‘one by one’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• ayam: this one (he)
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; resumptive pronoun

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis

• tiṣṭhatu: let him remain
• tiṣṭhatu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्/Loṭ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular

• ayam: this one
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (repeated for emphasis)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक)

• varṣa-lakṣam: a hundred thousand years
• varṣa-lakṣam: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (measure): ‘varṣāṇāṃ lakṣam’; Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; duration/extent

• na: no/not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• sandehaḥ: doubt
• sandehaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (ततः) ‘thereafter/from that’

• tiṣṭhatu: let him remain
• tiṣṭhatu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्/Loṭ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (repetition)

• ayam: this one
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक)

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Eschatology
• Indic Ethics
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates a Purāṇic idiom for measuring moral consequence through vast time spans, a feature common to karmavipāka narratives.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified; the verse concerns duration in a punitive state rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Actions are treated as individually accountable, with consequences articulated as extended periods of suffering.