Varaha Purana 199.33: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 33

Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution

Devanagari script

पूतिमांसकृमीणां च अमेध्यस्य तथैव च॥ अन्यानि च मया तत्र दृष्टानि मुनिसत्तमाः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 199.33

Transliteration

pūtimāṃsakṛmīṇāṃ ca amedhyasya tathaiva ca || anyāni ca mayā tatra dṛṣṭāni munisattamāḥ

Translation

Tam ujrzałem robaki w gnijącym ciele, a także nieczystości; i ujrzałem tam inne podobne rzeczy, o najlepszy z mędrców.

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Word by Word

• pūti-māṃsa-kṛmīṇām: of worms (born) in putrid flesh
• pūti-māṃsa-kṛmīṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūti (प्रातिपदिक) + māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (pūti-māṃsa = putrid flesh; pūtimāṃsa-kṛmi = worms of putrid flesh)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय/अन्वाचय)

• amedhyasya: of the impure/filthy (substance)
• amedhyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amedhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• tathā: thus/likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Nipāta (निपात/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय)

• anyāni: other (things)
• anyāni: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) or Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; here Accusative as object

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥-karaṇa (कर्ता-करण/agent-instrumental; ‘by me’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Pronoun, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• dṛṣṭāni: seen
• dṛṣṭāni: Karma (कर्म/Object complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/क्त), Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; agrees with anyāni

• muni-sattamāḥ: O best sages
• muni-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘best among sages’)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma Discourse
• Indic Eschatology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic didactic technique: vivid depictions of impurity and suffering to frame ethical instruction and consequences of harmful action.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific terrestrial location is named; the setting is an otherworldly realm described as part of Yama’s domain (often termed Yama-loka in Purāṇic literature).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage functions as a cautionary moral narrative: impure and harmful conduct is associated with distressing post-mortem experiences in the text’s ethical framework.