Varaha Purana 199.14 — Adhyaya 199, Shloka 14

Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution

Devanagari script

किं प्रधावसि निर्लज्ज व्यसनैश्चोपपादितः॥ हनिष्येऽहं ध्रुवं पाप यथा कर्म त्वया कृतम्॥

Transliteration

kiṃ pradhāvasi nirlajja vyasanaiś copapāditaḥ || haniṣye'haṃ dhruvaṃ pāpa yathā karma tvayā kṛtam ||

Translation

ឱ អ្នកគ្មានអៀនខ្មាស! ហេតុអ្វីបានជាអ្នករត់វឹកវរ ដោយត្រូវអំពើអាក្រក់ និងកិលេសជំរុញ? ឱ មនុស្សបាប! ខ្ញុំនឹងវាយប្រហារអ្នកជាក់ជាមិនខាន តាមកម្មដែលអ្នកបានធ្វើ។

Word by Word

• kim: why/what
• kim: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/प्रथमा (interrogative; here adverbial use), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• pradhāvasi: do you run about
• pradhāvasi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dhāv (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• nirlajja: O shameless one
• nirlajja: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-lajja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• vyasanaiḥ: by misfortunes/afflictions
• vyasanaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyasana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

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

• upapāditaḥ: brought to (this state)/made to suffer
• upapāditaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upapādita (कृदन्त; upa-√pad/√pād (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• haniṣye: I will kill
• haniṣye: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• dhruvam: surely
• dhruvam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial accusative; certainty)

• pāpa: O sinner/wretch
• pāpa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• yathā: as/according to
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative/according to)

• karma: deed
• karma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/प्रथमा (Neuter; here ‘deed’ as object/standard), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartr̥ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; kṛ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (agreeing with karma), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework)

Varaha Avatara Context

Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}

Bhu Devi Dialogue

Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"wrathful, morally indignant; acting as karmic adjudicator","key_question":"Why do you flee shamelessly under the compulsion of vice, and do you not see that punishment will match your deed?"}

Mathura Mandala

Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}

Dharma Shastra

Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"One who commits pāpa cannot evade its phala; retribution follows the very form (yathā-karma) of the deed.","karmic_consequence":"Attempted escape or denial does not lessen the result; the sinner is struck down in accordance with the act."}

Vrata Mahatmya

Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}

Cosmic Boar Symbolism

Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}

Philosophical Teaching

Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-nyaya (moral causality)","core_concept":"Yathā-karma-phala: the deed itself determines the mode of suffering; vice-driven action binds the agent.","practical_application":"Cultivate hri (moral shame) and restraint; abandon vyasana (addictive vices) before they harden into destiny."}

Subject Matter

Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Justice"]

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: otherworldly punitive realm

Cross References

Related Themes: Varaha Purana 199.16-199.19 (continuation of punitive narration)

Visual Art Cues

Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Bhū-devī, personified as a stern judge, confronts a fleeing sinner, halting him with commanding speech and the certainty of karmic retribution.","item_prompts":["personified Earth-goddess with firm posture","terrified fleeing man","gesture of warning/pointing","dark punitive backdrop suggesting naraka","visual motif of chains or karmic noose (implicit)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Bhū-devī as dignified goddess with bold outlines and saturated greens/ochres, confronting a cowering sinner; dramatic eyes, minimal background with stylized flames/shadows.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: Bhū-devī frontal, richly ornamented with gold-leaf halo; sinner smaller at her feet; symbolic chain/noose rendered with decorative clarity.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: soft shading, elegant jewelry; Bhū-devī’s calm but severe expression; subdued naraka tones behind the pleading sinner.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: narrative vignette with hillside-like layered space turned into otherworldly terrain; expressive faces, Bhū-devī towering, sinner mid-run halted by her command."}

Audio Atmosphere

Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"severe admonitory","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium-slow with emphatic caesurae","voice_tone":"firm, judicial, slightly wrathful"}

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dharma and Retribution
• Sanskrit Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It uses a karma-congruent rhetoric of punishment common to Purāṇic didactic passages, illustrating how ethical discourse is dramatized through direct address.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific earthly geography is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Actions driven by vice are portrayed as culpable, and consequences are framed as proportionate to one’s deeds (karma).