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Varaha Purana 201.41: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 41

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

ज्वराज्ञया च ते सर्वे जीमूतघननिःस्वनाः ॥ बहूंस्ते राक्षसान्घोरान्दर्पोत्सिक्तान् सहस्रशः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.41

jvarājñayā ca te sarve jīmūtaghananiḥsvanāḥ || bahūṃs te rākṣasān ghorān darpotsiktān sahasraśaḥ ||

جَورَ کے حکم سے وہ سب گھنے بادلوں کی گرج کی مانند دہاڑتے ہوئے، غرور سے سرشار ہزاروں ہولناک راکشسوں پر ٹوٹ پڑے۔

ज्वर-आज्ञयाby the command of Jvara
ज्वर-आज्ञया:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootज्वर + आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ज्वरस्य आज्ञा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Samuccaya/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Conjunction)
तेthey
ते:
कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
जीमूत-घन-निःस्वनाःhaving a roar like thunderclouds
जीमूत-घन-निःस्वनाः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootजीमूत + घन + निःस्वन (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formबहुव्रीहि (जीमूतघनवत् निःस्वनो येषाम्), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
बहून्many
बहून्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
तेthey
ते:
कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
राक्षसान्demons
राक्षसान्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
घोरान्terrible
घोरान्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
दर्प-उत्सिक्तान्swollen with pride
दर्प-उत्सिक्तान्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootदर्प + उत्सिक्त (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formतत्पुरुष (दर्पेण उत्सिक्ताः), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
सहस्रशःby the thousand / in thousands
सहस्रशः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Distributive adverb: ‘by thousands’)

Narrator

P
Purāṇic Literature
S
Sanskrit Poetics
M
Mythic Warfare
M
Moral Psychology (darpa)

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The simile of thundercloud sound reflects classical Sanskrit poetic conventions embedded within Purāṇic storytelling, aiding study of style and intertextual aesthetics.

No geographic location is mentioned.

Pride (darpa) is presented as a negative trait associated with destructive forces, serving as an implicit moral cue.

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