Varaha Purana 200.7: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 7

Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments

Naraka Yātanās

Devanagari script

मुच्यते च मृतस्तत्र मारकास्तत्र दुर्लभाः ॥ शब्दे स्पर्शे तथा रूपे रसे गन्धे तु पञ्चमे ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 200.7

Transliteration

mucyate ca mṛtas tatra mārakās tatra durlabhāḥ || śabde sparśe tathā rūpe rase gandhe tu pañcame ||

Translation

และแม้ผู้ใดจะ ‘ตาย’ ที่นั่น ก็หาได้มีความหลุดพ้นตามมาไม่; ผู้เป็นเหตุแห่งความตายที่นั่นหาได้ยาก (ความทุกข์ถูกเสวย) ด้วยเสียง สัมผัส รูป รส และประการที่ห้า—กลิ่น

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Word by Word

• मुच्यते: is freed, is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे (is released)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मृतः: dead (person)
• मृतः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त; √मृ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य-रूपे (one who is dead)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• मारकाः: killers, slayers
• मारकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• दुर्लभाः: rare, hard to find
• दुर्लभाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मारकाः)

• शब्दे: in sound
• शब्दे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्पर्शे: in touch
• स्पर्शे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• रूपे: in form/appearance
• रूपे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• रसे: in taste
• रसे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• गन्धे: in smell
• गन्धे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• पञ्चमे: in the fifth (sense)
• पञ्चमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (in the fifth)

Speaker

Ṛṣiputra

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Sāṃkhya-Adjacent Concepts (Indriyas)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links afterlife suffering to sensory modalities, echoing broader Indic theories of perception (indriyas and sense-objects) in a Purāṇic narrative register.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the focus is phenomenological (sense-experience) rather than geographic.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It warns that consequences are inescapable and pervade all channels of experience, strengthening the deterrent function of the passage.