Varaha Purana 201.21: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 21

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

Devanagari script

मृगैः सृगालैर्महिषैर्व्याघ्रैर्मेषैस्तथापरे ॥ गृध्रैः श्येनैर्मयूरैश्च सर्पगर्दभकुक्कुटैः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.21

Transliteration

mṛgaiḥ sṛgālair mahiṣair vyāghrair meṣais tathāpare || gṛdhraiḥ śyenair mayūraiś ca sarpa-gardabha-kukkuṭaiḥ ||

Translation

บางเหล่ามาพร้อมกวาง สุนัขจิ้งจอก ควายป่า เสือ และแกะผู้; พร้อมแร้ง เหยี่ยว และนกยูง; และพร้อมงู ลา และไก่ตัวผู้

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Word by Word

• मृगैः: with deer
• मृगैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• सृगालैः: with jackals
• सृगालैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृगाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• महिषैः: with buffaloes
• महिषैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• व्याघ्रैः: with tigers
• व्याघ्रैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• मेषैः: with rams
• मेषैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: सम्बन्ध/वाक्योपपद (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; manner-adverb

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural (substantive)

• गृध्रैः: with vultures
• गृध्रैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• श्येनैः: with hawks
• श्येनैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• मयूरैः: with peacocks
• मयूरैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• सर्प-गर्दभ-कुक्कुटैः: with snakes, donkeys, and roosters
• सर्प-गर्दभ-कुक्कुटैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प + गर्दभ + कुक्कुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व; Instrumental plural

Speaker

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

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Symbolic Fauna

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Such enumerations preserve lexicographic data (animal names and collective imagery) valuable for philology and for studying how Sanskrit texts encode natural history within literary conventions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference occurs.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is not didactic; it functions as a descriptive register of forces and omens of intensity.