Varaha Purana 136.9: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 9

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Uttara Bhāga · Śmaśāna–dharma and karmaphala (ethical consequence narrative)

Devanagari script

मम दोषापराधस्य शृणु तत्त्वेन यत्फलम् ॥ जम्बुको जायते भूमौ वर्षाणां नव पञ्च च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.9

Transliteration

mama doṣāparādhasya śṛṇu tattvena yatphalam || jambuko jāyate bhūmau varṣāṇāṃ nava pañca ca ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

എന്റെ ദോഷവും അപരാധവും ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്ന ഫലം സത്യമായി കേൾക്കുക: അവൻ ഭൂമിയിൽ ഒൻപതും അഞ്ചും വർഷം (പതിനാലു വർഷം) കുറുക്കനായി ജനിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Noun
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)
• Role: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)

• दोषापराधस्य: of (my) faults and offenses
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व समास (copulative)
• Role: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Root: दोष + अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)

• शृणु: hear / listen
• Type: Verb
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद
• Role: क्रिया (Verb); आज्ञार्थ (imperative action)
• Root: श्रु (धातु)

• तत्त्वेन: truly / in reality
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); भावे—‘in truth/according to reality’ (adverbial instrumental)
• Role: करण (तृतीया/Instrument)
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative)
• Role: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)

• फलम्: result / fruit
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)
• Role: कर्म (द्वितीया/Object)
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)

• जम्बुकः: a jackal
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
• Role: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Root: जम्बुक (प्रातिपदिक)

• जायते: is born / arises
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद
• Role: क्रिया (Verb)
• Root: जन् (धातु)

• भूमौ: on the earth / on ground
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
• Role: अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Location)
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
• Role: सम्बन्ध (Genitive of measure)
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• नव: nine
• Type: Adjective
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral); अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable-like)
• Role: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Root: नवन् (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Adjective
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral); अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable-like)
• Role: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Root: पञ्चन् (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Root: च (अव्यय)

Sandhi Notes

• यत्फलम् → यत् + फलम् (व्यञ्जन-सन्धि)

Speaker and setting

Bhayanaka and Shanta rasaSetting: Cosmic/moral geography

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Concerned

What she asks

What is the precise fruit (phala) of committing the stated doṣa/aparādha—how does it manifest as rebirth?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Karma-phala doctrine

Subjects

EthicsKarmic ConsequenceDidactic Narrative

Core idea

Actions and ritual faults yield specific, proportionate embodied consequences; moral causality is exacting.

In practice

Treat purity rules and sacred boundaries seriously; use repentance, cleansing, and corrective rites to prevent karmic descent.

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Karmic consequence is stated ‘on earth’; within the dialogue frame it functions as Varāha’s warning to Bhū about doṣa results

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Moral Philosophy
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic didactic mode in which ethical transgression is explained through karmic consequence and rebirth imagery, used to communicate moral causality in narrative form.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym is named in this verse; it only states 'on the earth' (bhūmau).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Actions described as fault/offense (doṣa–aparādha) are presented as producing concrete consequences, underscoring moral accountability.