Varaha Purana 201.57: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 57

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

Devanagari script

बाहुभिः समनुप्राप्तः केशाकेशि ततः परम् ॥ अयुक्तमतुलं युद्धं तेषां वै समजायत ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.57

Transliteration

bāhubhiḥ samanuprāptaḥ keśākeśi tataḥ param || ayuktam atulaṃ yuddhaṃ teṣāṃ vai samajāyata

Translation

Mereka mara menghampiri dengan kekuatan lengan; kemudian berlakulah tarik-menarik rambut. Maka terjadilah di antara mereka suatu pertempuran yang tidak terkawal dan tiada bandingnya.

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Word by Word

• bāhubhiḥ: with (their) arms
• bāhubhiḥ: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• samanuprāptaḥ: having come together/engaged
• samanuprāptaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-anu-√prāp (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/Past passive participle used actively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• keśa-ākeśi: hair-to-hair (grappling)
• keśa-ākeśi: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: keśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākeśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्—‘केशाकेशि’ (hair-to-hair, grappling by hair)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय; tad-तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थक (then/from there)

• param: further/next
• param: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (afterwards/further)

• ayuktam: unfitting/irregular
• ayuktam: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-yukta (कृदन्त, √yuj धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण—युद्धम्

• atulam: unequalled
• atulam: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-tula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—युद्धम्

• yuddham: battle
• yuddham: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात—अवधारण/प्रसिद्ध्यर्थ (indeed)

• samajāyata: arose/occurred
• samajāyata: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√jan (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narrator (default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves idiomatic descriptions of hand-to-hand combat (e.g., keśākeśi) typical of Sanskrit narrative literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The depiction of an ‘unrestrained’ fight implicitly contrasts regulated conduct with chaotic violence.