Varaha Purana 207.28: Adhyaya 207, Shloka 28

Section on the ‘Person’ who Entices Beings within the Cycle of Rebirth

Devanagari script

न गच्छन्ति हि तद्दोरं यत्र ते पापकर्मिणः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 207.28

Transliteration

na gacchanti hi taddhoraṃ yatra te pāpakarmiṇaḥ

Translation

แท้จริงแล้ว เขาย่อมไม่ไปสู่สถานที่อันน่าสะพรึงนั้น ที่ซึ่งผู้กระทำบาปทั้งหลายไปถึง

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• गच्छन्ति: go
• गच्छन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to ‘घोरम्’)

• घोरम्: terrible (place/state)
• घोरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद-विशेषण

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• ते: those/they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पापकर्मिणः: evil-doers
• पापकर्मिणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-कर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—पापं कर्म येषाम्/पापे कर्मणि प्रवृत्ताः (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in this verse-fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Moral Philosophy
• Sanskrit

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates the Purāṇic moral logic of karmic consequence, using vivid language to contrast virtuous restraint with punitive destinations.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic location is named; the “dreadful place” functions as a moral-eschatological category.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Avoid wrongful actions; disciplined conduct is presented as preventing entry into punitive post-mortem states.