Varaha Purana 202.7: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 7

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

Devanagari script

शयनासनहर्त्तारमग्निदायी च यो नरः ॥ वैतरण्यामयं चैव क्षिप्यतामचिरं पुनः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.7

Transliteration

śayanāsanaharttāram agnidāyī ca yo naraḥ || vaitaraṇyāmayaṃ caiva kṣipyatām aciraṃ punaḥ ||

Translation

ผู้ใดลักขโมยที่นอนและที่นั่ง และผู้ใดวางเพลิง—จงให้ถูกโยนลงอย่างรวดเร็วอีกครั้งสู่ทัณฑ์ทรมานอันเกี่ยวเนื่องกับไวตระณี (Vaitaraṇī)

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Word by Word

• śayana-āsana-hartāram: the thief of beds and seats
• śayana-āsana-hartāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śayana (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक) + hartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (शयनस्य/आसनस्य हर्ता)

• agni-dāyī: an arsonist / one who gives (causes) fire
• agni-dāyī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + dāyin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष (‘fire’ + ‘giver/one who sets fire’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• naraḥ: man
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• vaitaraṇyām: in the Vaitaraṇī (hell-river)
• vaitaraṇyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaitaraṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: indeed/only)

• kṣipyatām: let (him) be cast
• kṣipyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣip (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘let him be thrown’

• aciram: soon
• aciram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: acira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत् (adverbial accusative: ‘soon/without delay’)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (again)

Speaker

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

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Afterlife Narratives
• Social Ethics
• Legal-Moral Categories

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves conventional South Asian moral taxonomies (theft, arson) within Purāṇic eschatological imagery, showing how social harms were narrated through afterlife topoi.

Which geographic location is identified?

Vaitaraṇī is presented as an infernal river motif; it is not a mapped terrestrial site in this context but a moral-eschatological landscape.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse condemns theft of essential household goods and arson as severe breaches of social order and safety.