Varaha Purana 201.39: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 39

The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers

Devanagari script

विविधान्सन्दिदेशात्र पुरुषानग्निवर्चसः ॥ बद्धाञ्जलिपुटान्सर्वानिदमाह सुरेश्वरः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.39

Transliteration

vividhān sandideśātra puruṣān agnivarcasaḥ || baddhāñjalipuṭān sarvān idam āha sureśvaraḥ ||

Translation

Wysłał on tutaj różnych mężów, promiennych jak ogień. Do wszystkich ich, stojących ze złożonymi w geście czci dłońmi, pan bogów rzekł te słowa:

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Word by Word

• विविधान्: various
• विविधान्: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• सन्दिदेश: commanded, dispatched
• सन्दिदेश: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√दिश् (दिशँ निर्देशे धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), परस्मैपदम् (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• पुरुषान्: men, persons
• पुरुषान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• अग्निवर्चसः: (he) whose radiance is like fire
• अग्निवर्चसः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नि + वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समासः (possessive: 'अग्निवर्चः यस्य' = fire-lustrous), पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• बद्ध: bound, joined
• बद्ध: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √बन्ध् (बन्धँ बन्धने धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• अञ्जलिपुटान्: joined palms (in supplication)
• अञ्जलिपुटान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जलि + पुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (determinative: 'अञ्जलेः पुटः' = hollow/gesture of joined palms), पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• इदम्: this (speech/statement)
• इदम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह् (अहँ वदने धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), परस्मैपदम् (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• सुरेश्वरः: lord of the gods
• सुरेश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative: 'सुराणाम् ईश्वरः'), पुंलिङ्गे (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (speech to follow by sureśvara, likely Jvara in this episode)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Sanskrit Courtly Idiom
• Ritual Gestures
• Narrative Structure

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects social and literary conventions of command: emissaries/agents receive orders while displaying the añjali gesture, a marker of hierarchy and formal speech settings.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it models disciplined reception of instruction within a hierarchical order, but it is not framed as a universal ethical rule.