Varaha Purana 202.41: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 41

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

Devanagari script

कुम्भीपाकेषु निर्दग्धः पश्चाद्गर्दभतां गतः ॥ ततो जातस्त्वसौ पापः शूकरो मलभुक् तथा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.41

Transliteration

kumbhīpākeṣu nirdagdhaḥ paścād gardabhatāṃ gataḥ || tato jātastv asau pāpaḥ śūkaro malabhuk tathā ||

Translation

Spalony w piekle Kumbhīpāka, potem osiąga stan osła; wtedy ten grzesznik rodzi się jako świnia, podobnie jedzący nieczystości.

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Word by Word

• कुम्भीपाकेषु: in the Kumbhīpāka hells
• कुम्भीपाकेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भीपाक (प्रातिपदिक; कुम्भी + पाक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• निर्दग्धः: burnt
• निर्दग्धः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि√दह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• गर्दभताम्: donkey-hood (state of being a donkey)
• गर्दभताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्दभता (प्रातिपदिक; गर्दभ + ता)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म (goal as object)

• गतः: gone/attained
• गतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ततः: thereafter/from that
• ततः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-प्रभव (ablatival adverb)

• जातः: born
• जातः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• असौ: that (person)
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश (deictic pronoun)

• पापः: sinful
• पापः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• शूकरः: a pig/boar
• शूकरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपद

• मलभुक्: filth-eater
• मलभुक्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मलभुज् (प्रातिपदिक; मल + √भुज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (object + eater)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in that manner/also)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Naraka Taxonomy
• Karma Theory

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It aligns the Varāha Purāṇa with a pan-Purāṇic hell taxonomy (e.g., Kumbhīpāka) and uses animal rebirth motifs to reinforce ethical instruction.

Which geographic location is identified?

Kumbhīpāka is an otherworldly realm in Purāṇic cosmology, not a terrestrial location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Grave misconduct is depicted as resulting in intense suffering and subsequent degraded rebirths, underscoring the seriousness of ethical violations.