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Varaha Purana 202.53: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 53

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

तीव्रक्षुधापरिक्लिष्टो बद्धो बन्धनयन्त्रितः ॥ दुःखान्यनुभवंस्तत्र पापकर्मा नराधमः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.53

tīvrakṣudhāparikliṣṭo baddho bandhanayantritaḥ || duḥkhāny anubhavaṃs tatra pāpakarmā narādhamaḥ

वो भूख से बहुत परेशान रहता है। बाँधा हुआ है, आज़ाद नहीं हो सकता। वहाँ उसको बहुत दुख उठाना पड़ता है। बुरा काम करने वाला, सबसे नीचा आदमी है वो।

तीव्र-क्षुधा-परिक्लिष्टःseverely afflicted by hunger
तीव्र-क्षुधा-परिक्लिष्टः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootतीव्र (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + परिक्लिष्ट (कृदन्त; परि+क्लिश् धातु, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; समासः (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासभाव): 'intensely afflicted by hunger'
बद्धःbound
बद्धः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootबन्ध् (धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)
बन्धन-यन्त्रितःrestrained by fetters
बन्धन-यन्त्रितः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootबन्धन (प्रातिपदिक) + यन्त्रित (कृदन्त; √यन्त्र्/यम् धातु, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बन्धनेन यन्त्रितः = 'restrained by bondage')
दुःखानिsufferings
दुःखानि:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्म
अनुभवन्experiencing
अनुभवन्:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject; participle agreeing with subject)
TypeVerb
Rootअनु+भू (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: 'there')
पाप-कर्माsinful-doer
पाप-कर्मा:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य कर्म पापम् सः = 'one whose deeds are sinful')
नराधमःworst of men
नराधमः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय

Varāha (default, instructor voice)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Ethics
K
Karmic Theory
V
Vaishnavism

FAQs

It exemplifies Purāṇic didactic style: vivid penal imagery is used to convey the seriousness of ethical violations.

No geographic location is mentioned.

Wrongdoing is portrayed as leading to severe deprivation and constraint.

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