Varaha Purana 201.38: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 38

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

Devanagari script

ज्वरः क्रुद्धो महातेजा योधानां तु सहस्रशः ॥ कालो मुण्डः केकराक्षो लोहयष्टिपरिग्रहः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.38

Transliteration

jvaraḥ kruddho mahātejā yodhānāṃ tu sahasraśaḥ || kālo muṇḍaḥ kekarākṣo lohayaṣṭiparigrahaḥ ||

Translation

Jvara, murka dan bercahaya besar, (menghimpunkan) para pahlawan beribu-ribu—antaranya Kāla, Muṇḍa, Kekarākṣa, dan Lohayaṣṭiparigraha.

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Word by Word

• ज्वरः: Jvara
• ज्वरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √क्रुध् (क्रुधँ कोपे धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past participle, active sense), पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः, पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• योधानाम्: of the warriors
• योधानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: but/indeed)

• सहस्रशः: by the thousand(s)
• सहस्रशः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-अव्ययम् (distributive adverb: 'by thousands')

• कालः: Kāla (Time/Death)
• कालः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• मुण्डः: bald, shaven-headed
• मुण्डः: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• केकराक्षः: squint-eyed (Kekarākṣa)
• केकराक्षः: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केकर + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समासः (possessive: 'केकराणि अक्षिणी यस्य' = squint-eyed), पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• लोहयष्टिपरिग्रहः: holder of an iron staff
• लोहयष्टिपरिग्रहः: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोह + यष्टि + परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (determinative: 'लोहयष्टेः परिग्रहः' = holder of an iron staff), पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

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Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Onomastics (Name Studies)
• Mythic Warfare
• Personification

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What is the primary ethical instruction?

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