Varaha Purana 201.30: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 30
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
Uttara Bhāga · Raṇa-varṇana (Taunts and threats)
तिष्ठ तिष्ठ क्व यासीति न गच्छामि दृढो भव ॥ मया मुक्तमिदं शस्त्रं तव देहविनाशनम्
tiṣṭha tiṣṭha kva yāsīti na gacchāmi dṛḍho bhava || mayā muktam idaṃ śastraṃ tava dehavināśanam
tiShTha tiShTha kva yAsIti na gachChAmi dRRiDho bhava || mayA muktamidaM shastraM tava dehavinAshanam
“നിൽക്കൂ, നിൽക്കൂ—എവിടേക്കാണ് പോകുന്നത്?” “ഞാൻ പോകില്ല; നീ ഉറച്ചുനിൽക്കൂ. ഞാൻ വിട്ട ഈ ശസ്ത്രം നിന്റെ ദേഹനാശകനാണ്.”
Sandhi Notes
- यासीति = यासि + इति
- मुक्तमिदं = मुक्तम् + इदम्
- देहविनाशनम् is a ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa compound
Varāha
Words in battle function as weapons: commands (‘tiṣṭha’) and vows (‘na gacchāmi’) shape action; intention (saṅkalpa) precedes violence.
Use speech deliberately—avoid threats and coercive imperatives in ordinary life; practice truthful, non-harming resolve (satya + ahiṃsā) in conflicts.
Varāha Purāṇa 201.31 (imperative clusters)
FAQs
It preserves stylized taunt-and-threat dialogue typical of Sanskrit martial narration, useful for studying imperative constructions and quoted speech conventions.
No location is identified.
No explicit ethical instruction; it dramatizes steadfastness and intimidation as narrative motifs in battle scenes.
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