Varaha Purana 187.89: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 89

Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering

Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha

Devanagari script

मूढः स्नेहप्रभावेण कृत्वा हिंसानृते तथा ॥ पच्यते नरके घोरे ह्यात्मदोषैर्वसुन्धरे ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 187.89

Transliteration

mūḍhaḥ snehaprabhāveṇa kṛtvā hiṃsānṛte tathā | pacyate narake ghore hyātmadoṣair vasundhare ||

Translation

Orang yang sesat kerana pengaruh keterikatan melakukan kekerasan dan dusta. Wahai Vasundharā (Bumi), oleh kesalahan dirinya sendiri dia ‘dimasak’ dalam neraka yang mengerikan.

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Word by Word

• मूढः: a deluded (person)
• मूढः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण ‘मूढः (पुरुषः)’

• स्नेहप्रभावेण: by the influence of attachment
• स्नेहप्रभावेण: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेहप्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक: स्नेह + प्रभाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतु/करणार्थे

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having done/committed’

• हिंसा: violence
• हिंसा: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिंसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अनृते: falsehood (together with violence)
• अनृते: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन (dual) — ‘हिंसा’ च ‘अनृत’ च (द्विवचन-समुच्चय)

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: likewise)

• पच्यते: is cooked/tormented
• पच्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense): ‘is tormented/roasted’

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• घोरे: terrible
• घोरे: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण नरके

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• आत्मदोषैः: by one’s own faults
• आत्मदोषैः: Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मदोष (प्रातिपदिक: आत्मन् + दोष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण/हेतु

• वसुन्धरे: O Earth
• वसुन्धरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; पृथ्वी-सम्बोधन

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice; vocative indicates address to Pṛthivī/Vasundharā)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Karma Doctrine
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows a characteristic Purāṇic moral causal chain: attachment (sneha) → ethical transgression (hiṃsā/anṛta) → suffering (naraka), framed as self-generated (ātma-doṣa).

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse addresses Vasundharā (Earth) as an interlocutor, but does not specify a particular place-name.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Do not let attachment excuse violence or falsehood; the text emphasizes personal responsibility for the consequences of one’s actions.