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Varaha Purana 201.31: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 31

The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers

किन्तु मूढ त्वया शस्त्रं न मुक्तं मे रुजाकरम् ॥ मया क्षिप्तास्तु इषवः प्रतीच्छ क्व पलायसे

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 201.31

kintu mūḍha tvayā śastraṃ na muktaṃ me rujākaram || mayā kṣiptās tu iṣavaḥ pratīccha kva palāyase

“Namun, wahai si bodoh, senjata yang engkau lepaskan itu tidak mendatangkan sakit kepadaku. Bahkan, terimalah anak panah yang kulepaskan! Ke manakah engkau melarikan diri?”

किन्तुbut
किन्तु:
सम्बन्ध (Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिन्तु (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/विरोधार्थक-अव्यय (adversative conjunction)
मूढO fool
मूढ:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootमूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument; agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन
शस्त्रम्weapon
शस्त्रम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here as object of 'released' (understood)
not
:
निषेध (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
मुक्तम्released
मुक्तम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; शस्त्रम्-विशेषण
मेmy
मे:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)
रुजाकरम्pain-causing
रुजाकरम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootरुजा (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (determinative: 'pain' + 'making'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; शस्त्रम्-विशेषण
मयाby me
मया:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument; agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन
क्षिप्ताःthrown
क्षिप्ताः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeVerb
Rootक्षिप् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; इषवः-विशेषण
तुindeed / but
तु:
सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण/विरोधार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic/adversative particle)
इषवःarrows
इषवः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootइषु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन
प्रतीच्छreceive! / take!
प्रतीच्छ:
क्रिया (Kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति + इ (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्रति
क्वwhere?
क्व:
देशाधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नाव्यय (interrogative adverb)
पलायसेyou flee
पलायसे:
क्रिया (Kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootपलाय् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Varāha (default narrative voice; quoted combatants within narration)

P
Purāṇic Literature
S
Sanskrit Insults and Rhetoric
L
Lexeme study (rujā)

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It reflects a common epic trope: the speaker denies injury and asserts superior force, offering material for study of insult vocabulary and performative bravado in Sanskrit narratives.

No geographic location is given.

No explicit ethical instruction; it functions as dramatic dialogue emphasizing pride, pursuit, and confrontation.

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