Varaha Purana 96.11: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 11

The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā

Devanagari script

रथा रविस्यन्दनतुल्यवेगाः सुचक्रदण्डाक्षत्रिवेणुयुक्ताः ॥ सुषखयन्त्राः परपीडताङ्गाश्चलत्यानन्तास्त्वरितं विशक्ताः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 96.11

Transliteration

rathā ravisyandanatulya-vegāḥ sucakradaṇḍākṣa-triveṇuyuktāḥ || suṣakhayantrāḥ parapīḍatāṅgāś calaty anantās tvaritaṃ viśaktāḥ

Translation

रथ थे जैसे सूरज की स्पीड से चल रहे हों। उनमें अच्छे पहिए और लकड़ी लगी थी। सब कुछ मजबूती से जोड़ा था। दुश्मन को कुचलने वाले रथ थे। वो बहुत तेज़ी से और लाइन में चल रहे थे।

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Word by Word

• rathāḥ: chariots
• rathāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ravi-syandana-tulya-vegāḥ: having speed like the Sun’s chariot
• ravi-syandana-tulya-vegāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक) + syandana (प्रातिपदिक) + tulya (प्रातिपदिक) + vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—रवेः स्यन्दनस्य तुल्यः वेगः येषाम् (तुल्यवेग)

• su-cakra-daṇḍa-akṣa-triveṇu-yuktāḥ: equipped with fine wheels, poles, axles and triple-bamboo parts
• su-cakra-daṇḍa-akṣa-triveṇu-yuktāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + triveṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + √yuj (युज्) + kta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘युक्त’; समासः—सुचक्रैः दण्डैः अक्षैः त्रिवेणुभिः युक्ताः (well-wheeled, with poles/shafts/axles and triple-bamboo fittings)

• suṣakha-yantrāḥ: well-equipped with mechanisms
• suṣakha-yantrāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + sakha (प्रातिपदिक) + yantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—सु(शोभन)सखं यन्त्रं येषाम् / सु-यन्त्रिताः (well-mechanized)

• para-pīḍita-aṅgāḥ: with limbs that crush the enemy / enemy-crushing
• para-pīḍita-aṅgāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + √pīḍ (पीड्) + kta (क्त) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘पीडित’; समासः—परैः पीडितानि अङ्गानि येषाम् (or: paraṃ pīḍayanti aṅgaiḥ—पाठभेदसम्भव)

• calati: moves
• calati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cal (चल्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• anantāḥ: countless
• anantāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ananta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tvaritam: swiftly
• tvaritam: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tvarita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = त्वरितम् (quickly)

• viśaktāḥ: fully engaged/intent
• viśaktāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + √sañj/√śaj (शज्/सञ्ज्) + kta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; अर्थः—विशक्त = अत्यन्तं संलग्न/प्रवृत्त/उद्यत

Speaker

Varāha (default, not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Ancient Technology (literary)
• Sanskrit Poetics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It is useful for studying Sanskrit technical vocabulary as represented in literary sources, especially chariot-part terminology and similes.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified; the verse focuses on martial mobilization imagery.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse depicts the momentum of conflict, implicitly warning how organized violence can become self-propelling once unleashed.