Varaha Purana 201.42: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 42

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

Devanagari script

बहुशस्त्रप्रहारैश्च शस्त्रैश्च विविधोज्ज्वलैः ॥ तरसा राक्षसा विग्ना रुधिरेण परिप्लुताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.42

Transliteration

bahuśastraprahāraiś ca śastraiś ca vividhōjjvalaiḥ || tarasā rākṣasā vignā rudhireṇa pariplutāḥ ||

Translation

ด้วยการฟันแทงด้วยอาวุธนานาประการ และด้วยศัสตราอันสว่างวาบหลากชนิด พวกยักษ์รากษสถูกสกัดอย่างรุนแรง และถูกท่วมด้วยโลหิต

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Word by Word

• बहु-शस्त्र-प्रहारैः: by blows of many weapons
• बहु-शस्त्र-प्रहारैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु + शस्त्र + प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (बहूनि शस्त्राणि तैः कृताः प्रहाराः), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Samuccaya/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction)

• शस्त्रैः: with weapons
• शस्त्रैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Samuccaya/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction)

• विविध-उज्ज्वलैः: with various shining (weapons)
• विविध-उज्ज्वलैः: करण-विशेषण (Karaṇa-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध + उज्ज्वल (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: कर्मधारय (विविधैः उज्ज्वलैः), पुं/नपुंसक (Masculine/Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तरसा: with force / violently
• तरसा: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• राक्षसाः: the demons
• राक्षसाः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विग्नाः: hindered / distressed
• विग्नाः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• रुधिरेण: with blood
• रुधिरेण: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• परिप्लुताः: flooded / drenched
• परिप्लुताः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्लु (धातु) + परि (उपसर्ग) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

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Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Mythic Warfare
• Sanskrit Poetics
• Narrative Conflict

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What is the historical significance of this verse?

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What is the primary ethical instruction?

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