Varaha Purana 202.32: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 32

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

Devanagari script

व्यापन्नो दशगर्भेषु ततः पश्चाद्विमुच्यताम् ॥ तत्रापि लब्ध्वा मानुष्यं क्लेशभागी च जायताम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.32

Transliteration

vyāpanno daśagarbheṣu tataḥ paścād vimucyatām || tatrāpi labdhvā mānuṣyaṃ kleśabhāgī ca jāyatām

Translation

അവൻ പത്ത് ഗർഭങ്ങളിൽ നശിക്കട്ടെ; അതിനുശേഷം ആ അവസ്ഥയിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകട്ടെ. എങ്കിലും മനുഷ്യജന്മം ലഭിച്ച് ക്ലേശത്തിന്റെ പങ്കാളിയായി ജനിക്കട്ടെ.

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Word by Word

• vyāpannaḥ: ruined/perished
• vyāpannaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); अर्थः: ‘व्यापन्न’ = perished/ruined, fallen into

• daśa-garbheṣu: in ten wombs
• daśa-garbheṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa + garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural); द्विगु-समासः (numerical compound) = ‘ten wombs’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Anantara-kāla (अनन्तरकाल-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (temporal adverb)

• vimucyatām: let (him) be released
• vimucyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-muc (धातु)
• Form: लकारः: लोट् (Imperative), प्रयोगः: कर्मणि (Passive), पुरुषः: प्रथम (3rd), वचनम्: एकवचन (Singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: also/even)

• labdhvā: having obtained
• labdhvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभावः; ‘having obtained’

• mānuṣyam: human birth/state
• mānuṣyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• kleśa-bhāgī: a sharer in suffering
• kleśa-bhāgī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kleśa + bhāgin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of suffering’ + ‘sharer’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक

• jāyatām: let (him) be born
• jāyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लकारः: लोट् (Imperative), प्रयोगः: कर्मणि (Passive), पुरुषः: प्रथम (3rd), वचनम्: एकवचन (Singular); ‘let him be born’

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Rebirth Doctrine
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It uses a quantified rebirth motif (ten gestations) to intensify the narrative of karmic consequence, a stylistic feature seen across Purāṇic didactic passages.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes that karmic effects may persist even after returning to human birth, manifesting as ongoing suffering.