Varaha Purana 203.44: Adhyaya 203, Shloka 44

Enumeration and Description of Classes of Sins and Their Consequences

Devanagari script

शिराविवृतगात्राश्च हीनाङ्गा वातरोगिणः ॥ अश्रुपातितनेत्राश्च भार्या न प्राप्नुवन्ति ते

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 203.44

Transliteration

śirāvivṛtagātrāś ca hīnāṅgā vātarogiṇaḥ || aśrupātitanetrāś ca bhāryā na prāpnuvanti te

Translation

Urat-urat menonjol pada tubuh, anggota serba kurang, ditimpa penyakit vāta (gangguan angin), dan mata rosak kerana air mata; maka mereka tidak memperoleh isteri.

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Word by Word

• शिरा-विवृत-गात्राः: whose bodies show prominent veins
• शिरा-विवृत-गात्राः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिरा (प्रातिपदिक) + विवृत (कृदन्त; √वृ धातु, वि-उपसर्ग) + गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘शिराभिः विवृतानि गात्राणि येषाम्’ (veins prominent, limbs exposed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• हीन-अङ्गाः: with deficient limbs
• हीन-अङ्गाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन (कृदन्त; √हा धातु) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘हीनानि अङ्गानि येषाम्’

• वातरोगिणः: sufferers of vāta-disease
• वातरोगिणः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक) + रोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘वात-रोगेण युक्ताः’ (those suffering from vāta-disease)

• अश्रु-पातित-नेत्राः: whose eyes are affected/drooping from tears
• अश्रु-पातित-नेत्राः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + पातित (कृदन्त; √पत् धातु, causative sense ‘to cause to fall’) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘अश्रुभिः पातिते (अधःकृते/क्षीणे) नेत्रे येषाम्’ (eyes affected by tears)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• भार्याम्: a wife
• भार्याम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/Negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक-निपात

• प्राप्नुवन्ति: obtain / attain
• प्राप्नुवन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) with प्र-उपसर्ग
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework: instructor to Pṛthivī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• History of Ayurveda (conceptual vāta)
• Social History of Marriage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves intersections between moral narrative, bodily description, and social institutions (marriage), and references vāta as a culturally salient category of illness.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

In the text’s moral framework, harmful acts are linked with illness and social isolation; the implied instruction is to avoid wrongdoing that destabilizes community trust.