Varaha Purana 198.73: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 73

Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration

Devanagari script

इह विश्राम्य ते धीराः किञ्चित्कालं सहानुगाः ॥ गच्छन्ति परमं स्थानं पृथिव्यां वा महत्कुले

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 198.73

Transliteration

iha viśrāmya te dhīrāḥ kiñcitkālaṃ sahānugāḥ || gacchanti paramaṃ sthānaṃ pṛthivyāṃ vā mahatkule

Translation

ഇവിടെ കുറച്ചുകാലം വിശ്രമിച്ച ശേഷം ആ ധീരർ അനുചരന്മാരോടുകൂടെ പരമസ്ഥാനത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു; അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഭൂമിയിൽ മഹത്തായ കുലത്തിൽ ജനിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• विश्राम्य: having rested
• विश्राम्य: पूर्वकालक्रिया (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + श्रम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त-अव्ययीभाव (gerund), ‘having rested’

• ते: they
• ते: कर्ता (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Pronoun ‘they’ (Nominative plural)

• धीराः: steadfast/wise
• धीराः: कर्ता (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• किञ्चित्कालम्: for a little while
• किञ्चित्कालम्: कालाधिकरण (temporal extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किञ्चित् (अव्यय/सर्वनाम) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (किञ्चित् + कालम् = for some time), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular (duration)

• सहानुगाः: with attendants/followers
• सहानुगाः: कर्ता (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह + अनुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह अनुगाः = with followers/attendants), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• गच्छन्ति: go
• गच्छन्ति: क्रिया (verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Present 3rd pl

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: कर्म (object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular (qualifying स्थानम्)

• स्थानम्: place/abode
• स्थानम्: कर्म (object/goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• पृथिव्याम्: on earth
• पृथिव्याम्: अधिकरण (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Locative singular

• वा: or
• वा: समुच्चय/विकल्प (alternative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• महत्कुले: in a great family
• महत्कुले: अधिकरण (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महत् कुलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Locative singular

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Soteriology
• Rebirth Doctrine

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates a common Purāṇic twofold reward model: attainment of a transcendent realm or favorable rebirth, useful for comparative study of Indian afterlife imaginaries.

Which geographic location is identified?

No named site is given; “pṛthivī” here denotes the terrestrial world generally.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Steadfastness and disciplined conduct are framed as yielding either a supreme destination or an advantageous rebirth.