Varaha Purana 201.55: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 55

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

Devanagari script

बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणा नानायुधधरास्तथा ॥ अग्रतः किंकराः कृत्वा तिष्ठन्पादाभिवन्दनम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 201.55

Transliteration

baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇā nānāyudhadharās tathā || agrataḥ kiṃkarāḥ kṛtvā tiṣṭhanpādābhivandanam

Translation

बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणान् नानायुधधरान् तथा; अग्रतः किंकरान् कृत्वा, पादाभिवन्दने तिष्ठन्॥

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Word by Word

• baddha-godhā-aṅguli-trāṇāḥ: (they) wearing/fastened with iguana-skin finger-guards
• baddha-godhā-aṅguli-trāṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: baddha (कृदन्त, √bandh धातु) + godhā (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅguli (प्रातिपदिक) + trāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण—किंकराः इति विशेष्यस्य

• nānā-āyudha-dharāḥ: bearing various weapons
• nānā-āyudha-dharāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā (अव्यय) + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण—किंकराः

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/उपपद (adverbial ‘thus/also’)

• agrataḥ: in front
• agrataḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agrataḥ (अव्यय; agra-तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• kiṃkarāḥ: servants/attendants
• kiṃkarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• kṛtvā: having made/placing (them)
• kṛtvā: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having done’

• tiṣṭhan: standing
• tiṣṭhan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (समूहवाचक प्रयोगः)

• pāda-abhivandanam: salutation at the feet / foot-obeisance
• pāda-abhivandanam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + abhivandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेष्य (कृत्वा/तिष्ठन् इत्यस्य कर्म)

Speaker

Narrator (default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Dharma Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic narrative conventions for depicting courtly or judicial settings through attendants, weapons, and formal gestures of salutation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Indirectly, it frames a setting of authority and accountability, preparing the reader for discourse on conduct and consequences.