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Varaha Purana 203.46: Adhyaya 203, Shloka 46

Enumeration and Description of Classes of Sins and Their Consequences

कर्मकल्याणकृच्छ्रेषु भृशं चापि विमुह्यति ॥ कर्षकाः पशुपालाश्च वाणिज्यस्योपजीवकाः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 203.46

karmakalyāṇakṛcchreṣu bhṛśaṃ cāpi vimuhyati || karṣakāḥ paśupālāś ca vāṇijyasyopajīvakāḥ

जब काम में दिक्कत आती है, अच्छा काम होने नहीं देता, तब लोग बहुत घबरा जाते हैं। किसान, जानवर पालने वाले, और दुकान वाले सब परेशान हो जाते हैं।

कर्म-कल्याण-कृच्छ्रेषुin hardships regarding work and welfare
कर्म-कल्याण-कृच्छ्रेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + कल्याण (प्रातिपदिक) + कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कर्मकल्याणकृच्छ्र = कर्मणि कल्याणे कृच्छ्राणि/कठिनताः)
भृशम्greatly, excessively
भृशम्:
Avyaya (अव्यय/Modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभृशम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: greatly)
चand
च:
Avyaya (अव्यय/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Avyaya (अव्यय/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle: also/even)
विमुह्यतिbecomes deluded/confused
विमुह्यति:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + √मुह् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
कर्षकाःfarmers
कर्षकाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
पशु-पालाःcattle-herders
पशु-पालाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootपशु (प्रातिपदिक) + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पशून् पालयन्ति इति)
चand
च:
Avyaya (अव्यय/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात
वाणिज्यस्यof trade/commerce
वाणिज्यस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवाणिज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
उपजीवकाःthose who live by (it), dependents
उपजीवकाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootउपजीवक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Varāha (default speaker within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame)

C
Classical Literature
S
Socio-economic History (Indic)
P
Purāṇic Ethics
V
Vaiṣṇavism

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It preserves a snapshot of occupational categories (agriculture, pastoralism, trade) and links prosperity/clarity in action to moral causality, a common Purāṇic explanatory model.

No location is named; the verse speaks generally about social groups and economic roles.

The text suggests that ethical failure manifests as confusion and obstruction in constructive work, impacting everyday livelihoods.

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