Varaha Purana 202.13: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 13

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

Devanagari script

इमं वार्धुषिकं विप्रं सर्वत्राङ्गेषु भेदय ॥ तथायं यातनां यातु पापं बहु समाचरन् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.13

Transliteration

imaṃ vārdhuṣikaṃ vipraṃ sarvatrāṅgeṣu bhedaya || tathāyaṃ yātanāṃ yātu pāpaṃ bahu samācaran ||

Translation

พราหมณ์ผู้นี้ผู้ดำรงชีพด้วยการให้กู้ยืมดอกเบี้ย จงแทงเขาในอวัยวะทุกส่วน และให้เขาได้รับทุกข์ทรมาน เพราะได้กระทำความชั่วมากมาย

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Word by Word

• इमम्: this (man)
• इमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• वार्धुषिकम्: usurer; moneylender
• वार्धुषिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्धुषिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘moneylender/usurer’

• विप्रम्: a Brahmin
• विप्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; apposition to वार्धुषिकम्

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: everywhere)

• अङ्गेषु: in the limbs
• अङ्गेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• भेदय: pierce; split
• भेदय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘cause to split/pierce’

• तथा: thus; so
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus/so)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• यातनाम्: torment; punishment
• यातनाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• यातु: let him undergo; let him go to
• यातु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive usage), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘let him go/undergo’

• पापम्: sin; evil
• पापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; object of समाचरन्

• बहु: much; many
• बहु: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies पापम्

• समाचरन्: practising; committing
• समाचरन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ√चर् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय, present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; agrees with अयम्

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Economic Ethics
• Social Critique
• Afterlife Narratives

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It indicates moral scrutiny of economic practices (like usury) in Purāṇic discourse, reflecting anxieties about exploitation and social imbalance.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Exploitative economic behavior is treated as ethically blameworthy and socially harmful within the text’s moral framework.