Varaha Purana 11.83: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 83

Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel

Devanagari script

द्वन्द्वान्यनेकानि तथैव युद्धे द्रवन्ति शूराः परिभर्त्सयन्तः । विभीषणं निर्गतचापमार्गं बभूव बाहुप्रभवं सुघोरम् ॥ ११.८४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 11.83

Transliteration

dvandvāny anekāni tathaiva yuddhe dravanti śūrāḥ paribhartsayantaḥ | vibhīṣaṇaṃ nirgata-cāpa-mārgaṃ babhūva bāhu-prabhavaṃ sughoram || 11.84 ||

Translation

ในศึกนั้นการประลองเดี่ยวมากมายก็ปะทุขึ้น เหล่าวีรชนรุกคืบพร้อมตะโกนเย้ยหยัน ครั้นแล้วต่อวิภีษณะผู้ก้าวออกสู่แนววิถีลูกศร ก็ปรากฏอาวุธอันน่าสยดสยองยิ่ง ซึ่งเกิดจากกำลังแขน

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Word by Word

• dvandvāni: duels/pair-fights
• dvandvāni: Karta (कर्ता; subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvandva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• anekāni: many
• anekāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; विशेषण to 'dvandvāni'

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus/so)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed)

• yuddhe: in battle
• yuddhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Loc.); एकवचन

• dravanti: run/charge
• dravanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dru (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• śūrāḥ: heroes/warriors
• śūrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• paribhartsayantaḥ: rebuking/taunting
• paribhartsayantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता; participial qualifier of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-bharts (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (active)

• vibhīṣaṇam: a terror/terrifying (thing)
• vibhīṣaṇam: Karta (कर्ता; subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; here as subject of 'babhūva'

• nirgata-cāpa-mārgam: going beyond the bow’s range
• nirgata-cāpa-mārgam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirgata (कृदन्त, क्त from nir-gam) + cāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण to 'vibhīṣaṇam'; समासः: चापस्य मार्गः (bow-range/trajectory) तस्मात् निर्गतम् (gone out from)

• babhūva: became/was
• babhūva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bāhu-prabhavam: arising from (their) arms
• bāhu-prabhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāhu (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण to 'vibhīṣaṇam'; समासः: बाहोः प्रभवः (arising from the arms)

• su-ghoram: very dreadful
• su-ghoram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय) + ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण to 'vibhīṣaṇam'; सु- उपपद (intensifier)

Speaker

Varāha (default frame; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Epic Style
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic-style retelling that adopts epic martial conventions (duels, taunts, missile imagery), illustrating how Purāṇas preserve and reframe earlier narrative materials for later audiences.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic toponym is named in this verse; it is a battlefield setting without explicit location markers in the given line.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it presents the martial ethos of valor and confrontation (śūrāḥ, dvandvāni), while also foregrounding the dangers of escalation through taunts and weapon-trajectory exposure.