Varaha Purana 218.44: Adhyaya 218, Shloka 44

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तथा कर्मविपाकं च यादृशं कर्म तादृशम् ॥ पापकृत्यस्य कथनं दूतप्रेषणकर्म च

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 218.44

Transliteration

tathā karmavipākaṃ ca yādṛśaṃ karma tādṛśam || pāpakṛtyasya kathanaṃ dūtapreṣaṇakarma ca

Translation

इसमें यह भी बताया है कि करम का फल कैसे मिलता है। जैसा करम करो, वैसा ही रिजल्ट पाओ। बुरे काम करने वाले लोगों की कहानी है। और दूत भेजने का काम भी बताया है।

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Word by Word

• तथा: thus / likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connecting adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb)

• कर्मविपाकम्: the fruition/result of karma
• कर्मविपाकम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma + vipāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यादृशम्: of what kind / such as
• यादृशम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg); विशेषण (adjective)

• कर्म: deed / action
• कर्म: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• तादृशम्: of that kind / corresponding
• तादृशम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/predicative modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg); विशेषण (adjective)

• पापकृत्यस्य: of sinful act(s)
• पापकृत्यस्य: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa + kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter genitive singular)

• कथनम्: narration / description
• कथनम्: Karma (कर्म/object; item being described)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kathana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• दूतप्रेषणकर्म: the act of sending messengers
• दूतप्रेषणकर्म: Karma (कर्म/object; item being described)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta + preṣaṇa + karma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative instructor)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaishnavism
• Indic Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It functions as an anukramaṇikā-style catalog line, reflecting a common Purāṇic editorial practice of summarizing topics for navigation and recitation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named in this verse; it is thematic rather than geographic.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds the principle that actions mature into corresponding results (karma-vipāka), framing moral causality as a key teaching.