Varaha Purana 134.32: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 32

Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure

Upaspṛśya

Devanagari script

मां यदा लभते क्रुद्धः शुद्धो भागवतः शुचिः ॥ चिल्ली जातो वर्षशतं श्येनो वर्षशतं पुनः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 134.32

Transliteration

māṃ yadā labhate kruddhaḥ śuddho bhāgavataḥ śuciḥ || cillī jāto varṣaśataṃ śyeno varṣaśataṃ punaḥ ||

Translation

เมื่อผู้ที่โกรธจัดเข้าถึงเรา—แม้เขาจะบริสุทธิ์ เป็นภาควตะผู้ภักดี และสะอาด—เขาย่อมเกิดเป็น ‘จิลลี’ หนึ่งร้อยปี แล้วกลับเกิดเป็น ‘ศเยนะ’ (เหยี่ยว/นกเหยี่ยว) อีกหนึ่งร้อยปี

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Word by Word

• mām: me

• yadā: when

• labhate: attains/obtains

• kruddhaḥ: angry

• śuddhaḥ: purified

• bhāgavataḥ: devoted

• śuciḥ: clean/pure

• cillī: a bird-name (species uncertain)

• jātaḥ: born

• varṣa-śatam: a hundred years

• śyenaḥ: falcon/hawk

• punaḥ: again

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Moral Psychology
• Rebirth Motifs
• Sanskrit Zoological Terms

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a Purāṇic didactic strategy: narrating graded rebirth outcomes to discourage anger and promote emotional regulation within dharma practice.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified; the verse focuses on moral causality rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Anger is portrayed as ethically destabilizing, capable of producing adverse outcomes even for one otherwise described as pure and devoted.