Varaha Purana 96.8: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 8

The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā

Devanagari script

अन्तःस्थितानेकसुरारि सङ्कवद्विचित्रवमायुधचित्रशोभम् ॥ भीमं बलं वर्मितचारुयोधं विनिर्ययौ सिन्धुजलादशालात्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 96.8

Transliteration

antaḥsthitāneka-surāri saṅkavad vicitravamāyudha-citraśobham || bhīmaṃ balaṃ varmitacāruyodhaṃ viniryayau sindhujalādaśālāt

Translation

സിന്ധുജലത്തിന്റെ ആ ആവരണത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഭീകരമായൊരു സൈന്യം പുറപ്പെട്ടു—കവചധാരികളായ മനോഹര യോദ്ധാക്കളോടുകൂടി, വിചിത്രവും അത്ഭുതകരവുമായ ആയുധങ്ങളുടെ ദീപ്തിയാൽ ശോഭിച്ച്, അകത്തു കൂടിയ ദേവശത്രുസമൂഹംപോലെ।

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Word by Word

• अन्तः-स्थित: standing within
• अन्तः-स्थित: Samāsa-aṅga (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय) + स्था + क्त (धातु: स्था ‘to stand’ + क्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभावपूर्वक-क्तकृदन्तः; (compound member) ‘standing within’

• अनेक: many
• अनेक: Samāsa-aṅga (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (compound member)

• सुर-अरि: enemy of the gods
• सुर-अरि: Samāsa-aṅga (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (compound member) ‘enemy of the gods’

• सङ्कवत्: like/as
• सङ्कवत्: Upamā-vācaka (उपमावाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सङ्क (प्रातिपदिक) + वत्
• Form: अव्ययम्; उपमा-प्रत्ययान्त (वत्) ‘like/as if’

• विचित्र-वम्-आयुध-चित्र-शोभम्: with splendid, varied weapons
• विचित्र-वम्-आयुध-चित्र-शोभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र + वम् + आयुध + चित्र + शोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचनम्; बहुपदसमासः; qualifies ‘बलम्’—‘having splendid variegated weapons’ (वम् as in text, uncertain member)

• भीमम्: terrible
• भीमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; agrees with बलम्

• बलम्: army/force
• बलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचनम्

• वर्मित-चारु-योधम्: with armoured, fine warriors
• वर्मित-चारु-योधम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्मित (धातु: वर्म्/वृ ‘to cover/armour’ + क्त) + चारु + योध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘having armoured handsome warriors’

• विनिर्ययौ: came out/emerged
• विनिर्ययौ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-या (धातु: या ‘to go’ )
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• सिन्धु-जलात्: from the sea-water
• सिन्धु-जलात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचनम्; ‘from the river/sea water’

• अशालात्: from a hall/abode
• अशालात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचनम्; ‘from the hall/shed’ (as in text)

Speaker

Varāha (default, not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Military Imagery
• Mythic Cosmography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse preserves stylized descriptions of arms and formations typical of Sanskrit martial poetics, useful for studying literary representations of warfare.

Which geographic location is identified?

The setting is broadly 'sindhu-jala' (ocean waters), a cosmographic rather than a pinpoint geographic reference.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It frames military splendor as aesthetically striking yet ominous, preparing the reader for a critique of destructive force within cosmic order.