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Varaha Purana 136.33: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 33

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

बालवृद्धा हतास्तत्र विस्फुरन्तो दिशो दश ॥ तस्य पापस्य दोषेण न शक्नोमि विचेष्टितुम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.33

bālavṛddhā hatās tatra visphuranto diśo daśa || tasya pāpasya doṣeṇa na śaknomi viceṣṭitum

Tam dzieci i starcy zostali zabici; dziesięć kierunków zdaje się drżeć. Z powodu winy tego grzechu nie jestem zdolny właściwie działać.

bālachildren
bāla:
vṛddhāḥthe aged
vṛddhāḥ:
hatāḥkilled
hatāḥ:
tatrathere
tatra:
visphurantaḥtrembling/quivering
visphurantaḥ:
diśaḥdirections
diśaḥ:
daśaten
daśa:
tasyaof that
tasya:
pāpasyasin
pāpasya:
doṣeṇaby the fault/taint
doṣeṇa:
nanot
na:
śaknomiI am able
śaknomi:
viceṣṭitumto act/move/operate
viceṣṭitum:

Śiva (Rudra/Hara) (contextual continuation)

P
Purāṇic Ethics
K
Karma Vocabulary
S
Sanskrit Poetics (directions imagery)
N
Narrative Theology

FAQs

It shows how Purāṇic texts integrate moral vocabulary (pāpa, doṣa) to interpret the aftermath of conflict, offering a lens on classical South Asian ethical thought.

No specific earthly location is identified; 'the ten directions' is a cosmological-poetic expression.

Recognition of collateral harm and its moral weight, motivating remedial action rather than triumphalism.

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