Shloka 10

The Account of Mohinī

Mohinī-upākhyāna

Devanagari script

बुभुजे यातनाः सर्वाः क्रमशः शमनोदिताः । ब्रह्मदंडहतायास्तु देहस्पर्शेन यातनाः ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

bubhuje yātanāḥ sarvāḥ kramaśaḥ śamanoditāḥ | brahmadaṃḍahatāyāstu dehasparśena yātanāḥ || 10 ||

Translation

သူမသည် ရှမန (ယမ) က သတ်မှတ်ထားသော ညှဉ်းပန်းမှုအားလုံးကို အစဉ်လိုက် ခံစားခဲ့၏။ သို့သော် «ဗြဟ္မ-ဒဏ္ဍ» ဖြင့် ထိခိုက်ခံရသော မိန်းမအတွက်တော့ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာကို ထိတွေ့ခြင်းတောင် ညှဉ်းပန်းမှု ဖြစ်လာ၏။

Word by Word

• बुभुजे: experienced/underwent
• बुभुजे: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यातनाः: torments/punishments
• यातनाः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘all’ (यातनाः इति विशेषण)

• क्रमशः: successively
• क्रमशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रमशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘in order/gradually’

• शमनोदिताः: ordained by Yama
• शमनोदिताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शमन-उदित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शमनेन/शमनात् उदिताः = proclaimed by Yama)

• ब्रह्मदण्डहतायाः: of her who was struck by the brahma-punishment
• ब्रह्मदण्डहतायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-दण्ड-हता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मदण्डेन हता)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक ‘but/indeed’

• देहस्पर्शेन: by bodily contact/touch
• देहस्पर्शेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह-स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (देहस्य स्पर्शः)

• यातनाः: torments (arise)
• यातनाः: Karta/Predicative (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta (narrating the Naraka-yātanā account as received in the Purana tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Characters & Entities

• Shamana (Yama)

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It stresses karma’s inevitability: Yama’s punishments unfold in an ordered way, and for exceptionally grave wrongdoing (brahma-daṇḍa), suffering becomes intrinsic—one’s own embodied existence feels painful, highlighting the urgency of dharma and expiation.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

Indirectly, it frames why bhakti and dharmic living matter: devotion to Bhagavan and sincere repentance are presented across Purāṇic teaching as safeguards against the karmic descent into such punishments, making bhakti a practical refuge from naraka-yātanā.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse is primarily dharma-śāstra aligned rather than Vedāṅga-technical; its practical takeaway is prayāścitta logic—actions have specific results, so one should follow prescribed expiations and regulated conduct to neutralize pāpa.