Varaha Purana 199.40: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

न मोक्ष्यसे मया पाप कुतो गच्छसि मूढ वै॥ यत्र यत्र प्रयासि त्वमिति गत्वा यमालये॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 199.40

Transliteration

na mokṣyase mayā pāpa kuto gacchasi mūḍha vai || yatra yatra prayāsi tvam iti gatvā yamālaye

Translation

ഓ പാപീ, ഞാൻ നിന്നെ മോചിപ്പിക്കുകയില്ല; ഓ മൂഢാ, നീ എവിടെ പോകും? നീ എവിടെയെവിടെയായി പോകാൻ ശ്രമിച്ചാലും…—ഇങ്ങനെ യമാലയത്തിൽ ചെന്നു പറഞ്ഞു।

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• मोक्ष्यसे: you will be released
• मोक्ष्यसे: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), आत्मनेपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे अर्थः ‘you will be released’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by me’

• पाप: O sinner
• पाप: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• कुतः: from where / why
• कुतः: Hetu/Prashna (हेतु/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative adverb: whence/why)

• गच्छसि: you go
• गच्छसि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मूढ: O fool
• मूढ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषणवत् संबोधन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• यत्र: wherever
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति (repetition for distributive sense)

• प्रयासि: you go forth
• प्रयासि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having gone’

• यमालये: in Yama’s abode
• यमालये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: यमस्य आलयः (Yama’s abode)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dharma Discourse
• Narrative Dialogue
• Indic Eschatology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic dramatization of moral judgment through direct address, a device that makes ethical consequence immediate and personal.

Which geographic location is identified?

“Yamālaya” is an otherworldly locale—the abode of Yama—rather than a historical terrestrial site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes inevitability of moral consequence in the narrative: evasion is portrayed as impossible once accountability is engaged.