Varaha Purana 202.76: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 76

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

Devanagari script

सुवर्णस्तेयिनं चैव सुरापं चैव कारयेत् ॥ अनुभूय ततः काले ततो यक्ष्म प्रयोजयेत्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.76

Transliteration

suvarṇasteyinaṃ caiva surāpaṃ caiva kārayet || anubhūya tataḥ kāle tato yakṣma prayojayet

Translation

അവൻ സ്വർണ്ണമോഷ്ടാവിനെയും മദ്യപാനിയെയും ഫലം അനുഭവിപ്പിക്കുന്നു; യഥാകാലം അനുഭവിച്ച ശേഷം പിന്നെ യക്ഷ്മ (ക്ഷയരോഗം) ഏല്പിക്കുന്നു।

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Word by Word

• suvarṇa-steyinam: a gold-thief
• suvarṇa-steyinam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + steyin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (suvarṇasya steyī = gold-thief)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय/अन्वाचय)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निश्चय/अवधारण)

• surāpam: a drinker of liquor
• surāpam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• kārayet: should cause (to be done)/should make (him undergo)
• kārayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) [णिच् causative: kāray-]
• Form: Causative (णिच्), Optative/विधिलिङ्, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• anubhūya: having undergone
• anubhūya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-bhū (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), ‘having experienced/undergone’

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (काल/क्रमवाचक)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; time-when

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; sequencing)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रमवाचक)

• yakṣma: consumption/tuberculosis (yakṣmā)
• yakṣma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; disease-name

• prayojayet: should inflict/should apply (a disease)
• prayojayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-yuj (धातु) [णिच् causative: prayojay-]
• Form: Causative (णिच्), Optative/विधिलिङ्, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Dharma-śāstra interface
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic idiom where moral transgressions are correlated with embodied suffering, paralleling broader Dharmaśāstra discussions of theft and intoxicants.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse links specific harmful actions (gold theft, intoxication) with consequential suffering, presenting a moral causality framework.