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Varaha Purana 201.22: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 22

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

एवं वाहनसंयुक्ता नानाप्रहरणोद्यताः ॥ समागताः महासत्त्वा अन्योन्यमभिकाङ्क्षिणः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.22

evaṃ vāhanasaṃyuktā nānā-praharaṇodyatāḥ || samāgatā mahāsattvā anyonyam abhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ ||

एवं वाहनसंयुक्ता नानाप्रहरणोद्यताः। समागताः महासत्त्वा अन्योन्यमभिकाङ्क्षिणः॥

एवम्thus
एवम्:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्योपपद (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकार-वाचक (manner adverb)
वाहन-संयुक्ताःjoined with/possessing vehicles (mounts)
वाहन-संयुक्ताः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवाहन + संयुक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past passive participle) used adjectivally; ‘वाहनेन संयुक्ताः’
नानाvarious
नाना:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootनाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय-स्वरूप विशेषण; indeclinable adjective meaning ‘various’
प्रहरण-उद्यताःready with weapons
प्रहरण-उद्यताः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रहरण + उद्यत (कृदन्त; √यम्/√यत्? (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (ready/raised) used adjectivally; ‘प्रहरणेषु उद्यताः/प्रहरणम् उद्यताः’
समागताःassembled
समागताः:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+आ+गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत्; finite sense ‘have assembled’
महा-सत्त्वाःgreat beings/warriors
महा-सत्त्वाः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural
अन्योन्यम्each other, mutually
अन्योन्यम्:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्योपपद (Reciprocal adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्योन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् अव्यय; accusative-form used adverbially ‘mutually’
अभिकाङ्क्षिणःdesiring (to face)
अभिकाङ्क्षिणः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअभि+काङ्क्षिन् (कृदन्त; √काङ्क्ष् (धातु) + इन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इन्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त/कर्तरि (desiring)

Narrator (default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue context; verse itself is narrative)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
W
War Description

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It exemplifies the formulaic war-scene staging in Purāṇic literature—assembly, armament, and mutual challenge—useful for comparative studies with epics and other Purāṇas.

No location is named.

No explicit ethical instruction is provided; the verse is narrative, marking readiness and reciprocal hostility.

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