Varaha Purana 199.39 — Adhyaya 199, Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

अन्नानि दीयमानानि भक्ष्याणि विविधानि च॥ भोज्यानि लेह्यचोष्याणि यैर्निषिद्धं दुरात्मभिः॥

Transliteration

annāni dīyamānāni bhakṣyāṇi vividhāni ca || bhojyāni lehyacoṣyāṇi yair niṣiddhaṃ durātmabhiḥ

Translation

Предлагались яства — разнообразная пища: то, что едят, лижут и сосут, — и через это злонамеренные совершили запретное.

Word by Word

• अन्नानि: foods
• अन्नानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• दीयमानानि: being given
• दीयमानानि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘being given’

• भक्ष्याणि: edibles (to be chewed)
• भक्ष्याणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• भोज्यानि: foods fit to be eaten
• भोज्यानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• लेह्य-चोष्याणि: lickables and suckables
• लेह्य-चोष्याणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लेह्य (प्रातिपदिक) + चोष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative): ‘lickables and suckables’

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.)/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), तृतीया (instrumental), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• निषिद्धम्: forbidden
• निषिद्धम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+सिध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘forbidden/prohibited’

• दुरात्मभिः: by wicked persons
• दुरात्मभिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Varaha Avatara Context

Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}

Bhu Devi Dialogue

Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}

Mathura Mandala

Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}

Dharma Shastra

Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"Food-offerings and consumables (bhakṣya/bhojya/lehya/coṣya) become sinful when connected with niṣiddha (forbidden) acts or offered/handled by wicked intent in violation of dharmic restraints.","karmic_consequence":"Participation in niṣiddha-bhojana/niṣiddha-upahāra accrues pāpa leading to post-mortem restraint and naraka-type suffering described in the following verses."}

Vrata Mahatmya

Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}

Cosmic Boar Symbolism

Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}

Philosophical Teaching

Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethics of action (karma)","core_concept":"Even ordinary necessities (food and offerings) become karmically charged by intention, rule-violation, and adharmic context.","practical_application":"Scrutinize sources and ritual propriety of food/offering; avoid niṣiddha items/contexts and cultivate sattvic restraint in consumption and gifting."}

Subject Matter

Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Food Ethics","Ritual and Prohibition"]

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: None

Cross References

Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 199.199.2-4 (consequences in Yama’s realm); Varāha Purāṇa 200.1.0 (catalog of narakas)

Visual Art Cues

Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as dharma-instructor enumerates categories of consumables—eaten, licked, sucked—while indicating their corruption through forbidden use by the wicked.","item_prompts":["teaching Varāha (divine presence)","offerings: bowls/plates of varied foods","labels/gestures indicating bhakṣya-bhojya-lehya-coṣya","shadowy figures representing durātman (wicked intent)","a subtle transition motif toward Yama’s court (distant)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Varāha seated as upadeśaka with bold outlines and flat warm palette; arranged offering vessels; symbolic dark figures at edge indicating niṣiddha.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha with ornate crown and aureole in gold leaf; richly decorated offering trays; minimal background, emphasis on didactic gesture.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: delicate shading; Varāha’s calm instructive face; detailed food vessels and textures; restrained depiction of ‘forbidden’ as muted tones.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical courtly composition; Varāha teaching in a pavilion; stylized plates of foods; small vignette of transgressors in corner."}

Audio Atmosphere

Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic and admonitory","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"firm, clarifying, slightly grave"}

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dharma Discourse
• Indic Food Categories
• Sanskrit Lexicography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves classical Sanskrit classificatory language for consumables (bhakṣya/bhojya/lehya/coṣya), a scheme also discussed across Dharma and Āyurvedic-related textual milieus.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named; the verse is thematic, focusing on conduct related to consumption and prohibition.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames certain consumptive acts as niṣiddha (prohibited) within the text’s moral code, linking dietary behavior to ethical consequence.