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Varaha Purana 162.28: Adhyaya 162, Shloka 28

The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha

सन्निधावुपलं दृष्ट्वा गृहीतं तेन तत्पदा ॥ चूर्णयामास तौ पादौ पीडया मोहितो द्विजः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 162.28

sannidhāv upalaṁ dṛṣṭvā gṛhītaṁ tena tat-padā || cūrṇayāmāsa tau pādau pīḍayā mohito dvijaḥ ||

Melihat seketul batu di dekatnya, dia mengambilnya dengan kakinya; si dwija yang terkeliru oleh kesakitan telah menghancurkan kedua-dua kakinya.

सन्निधौnearby / in the vicinity
सन्निधौ:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootसन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
उपलम्a stone
उपलम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object of seeing)
TypeNoun
Rootउपल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial participle)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वा/अव्ययकृदन्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)
गृहीतम्taken / seized
गृहीतम्:
कर्म (Karma; describing the object taken)
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु) → गृहीत (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि; द्वितीया एकवचन नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘उपलम्’ इत्यस्य विधेय/विशेषण (predicative/attributive)
तेनby him
तेन:
कर्ता (Agent in passive/Instrumental agent)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
तत्पदाwith his foot
तत्पदा:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitival tatpuruṣa: ‘his foot’); तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
चूर्णयामासcrushed / pulverized
चूर्णयामास:
क्रिया (Main action)
TypeVerb
Rootचूर्णय् (धातु, नामधातु from चूर्ण)
Formलिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
तौthose two
तौ:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Dual), पुल्लिङ्ग
पादौfeet (two)
पादौ:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
पीडयाby pain
पीडया:
करण/हेतु (Instrument/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootपीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग
मोहितःbewildered
मोहितः:
विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘द्विजः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुह् (धातु) → मोहित (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
Formप्रथमा एकवचन पुल्लिङ्ग; विशेषण (qualifier)
द्विजःthe Brahmin
द्विजः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

Narrator (default dialogue frame: Varāha → Pṛthivī)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
D
Didactic Storytelling

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It shows how physical injury is used as a narrative instrument to concretize abstract ethical claims within Purāṇic storytelling.

No geographic location is specified.

The passage reinforces the story’s causal chain: bodily suffering follows conditions described earlier, expressed here through an accident-like event.

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