Varaha Purana 200.71: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 71

Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments

Naraka Yātanās

Devanagari script

अतीव च बुभुक्षात्र पिपासा चाप्यतीव हि ॥ उष्णमत्युष्णमेवात्र शीतलं चातिशीतलम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 200.71

Transliteration

atīva ca bubhukṣātra pipāsā cāpyatīva hi || uṣṇam aty-uṣṇam evātra śītalaṃ cāti-śītalam ||

Translation

ഇവിടെ അത്യന്തം വിശപ്പും അതുപോലെ അത്യന്തം ദാഹവും; ഇവിടെ ചൂട് അത്യുഷ്ണം, തണുപ്പ് അതിശീതളം।

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Word by Word

• atīva: excessively, very much
• atīva: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atīva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• bubhukṣā: hunger
• bubhukṣā: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bubhukṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन (Singular)

• atra: here, in this (place/state)
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• pipāsā: thirst
• pipāsā: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pipāsā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-निपात (particle: also/even)

• atīva: excessively
• atīva: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atīva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• uṣṇam: heat; hot (thing/state)
• uṣṇam: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective used substantively)

• ati: overly, exceedingly
• ati: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/निपात (intensifier: excessively)

• uṣṇam: hot
• uṣṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• eva: only, indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (restrictive particle)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• śītalam: coldness; cold (thing/state)
• śītalam: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śītala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (used substantively)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• ati: excessively
• ati: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/निपात (intensifier)

• śītalam: cold
• śītalam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śītala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogic frame; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Indian Eschatology
• Sanskrit Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a widespread Purāṇic didactic mode that uses vivid sensory extremes to frame ethical causality and post-mortem consequence narratives.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific earthly geographic site is named in this verse; the setting is a generalized realm of yātanā (torment).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage functions as an ethical warning: harmful actions are portrayed as leading to states of intense deprivation and discomfort after death.