Varaha Purana 202.47: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 47

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

Devanagari script

इमं ह्यानृतितकं दुष्टं क्षेत्रहारकमेव च ॥ स्वकर्म दुष्कृतं यावत्तावद्दुःखं भुनक्त्वसौ

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.47

Transliteration

imaṃ hyānṛtikaṃ duṣṭaṃ kṣetrahārakam eva ca || svakarma duṣkṛtaṃ yāvat tāvad duḥkhaṃ bhunaktv asau

Translation

Sesungguhnya si pendusta yang jahat ini—dan demikian juga perampas tanah—selama mana perbuatan jahatnya sendiri masih berbekas, selama itulah dia menanggung penderitaan.

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Word by Word

• imam: this (person)
• imam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) expressing emphasis/indeed

• anṛtikam: untruthful, liar
• anṛtikam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anṛtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying ‘imam’

• duṣṭam: wicked
• duṣṭam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying ‘imam’

• kṣetra-hārakam: land-stealer
• kṣetra-hārakam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + hāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: ‘kṣetrasya hārakaḥ’; Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying ‘imam’

• eva: certainly, indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• sva-karma: his own deed
• sva-karma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: ‘svam karma’; Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• duṣkṛtam: evil-done, sinful
• duṣkṛtam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dus (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + √kṛ (धातु) → kṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/ktá) with prefix ‘dus-’; Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying ‘sva-karma’

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (यावत्…तावत्) meaning ‘as long as’

• tāvat: so long
• tāvat: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (यावत्…तावत्) meaning ‘so long’

• duḥkham: suffering
• duḥkham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; object of ‘bhunakti’

• bhunakti: experiences, undergoes
• bhunakti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्/Laṭ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular

• asau: that one (he)
• asau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative ‘that (man)’

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Ancient Legal Culture
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a moral-legal view of land rights and social stability, echoing broader Indic concerns about boundary, ownership, and truthful conduct.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is named; “kṣetra” refers generally to arable land/fields.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Fraud and land-theft are presented as enduring causes of suffering proportional to the wrongdoing.