Varaha Purana — Chapter 199

VrP 199.1

पुनः संसारचक्रयातनास्वरूपवर्णनम् ।। ऋषिपुत्र उवाच ।। तस्मिन् क्षितितलं सर्वमायसैः कण्टकैश्चितम् ।। प्रभवन्ति पुनः केचिद्विषमं तमसाश्रितम्

punaḥ saṃsāracakrayātanāsvarūpavarṇanam || ṛṣiputra uvāca || tasmin kṣititalaṃ sarvamāyasaiḥ kaṇṭakaiścitam || prabhavanti punaḥ kecidviṣamaṃ tamasāśritam

Again, the description of the nature of the tortures of the wheel of saṃsāra. The sage's son said: There the whole surface of the ground is studded with iron thorns; and again some (of them) come forth into a rugged (place) plunged in darkness.

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VrP 199.2

अथान्ये छिन्नपादास्तु छिन्नपाणिशिरोधराः ।। पापाचारास्तथा देशादुपसर्पत मा चिरम्

athānye chinnapādāstu chinnapāṇiśirodharāḥ || pāpācārāstathā deśādupasarpata mā ciram

And then others, with feet cut off, with hands, heads and necks cut off — "You of evil conduct, come forward from the region, without delay!"

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VrP 199.3

ये तु धर्मरता दाता वपुष्मन्तो यथा गृहे ।। परिपान्ति क्षितिं सर्वे पात्यन्ते पापकारिणः

ye tu dharmaratā dātā vapuṣmanto yathā gṛhe || paripānti kṣitiṃ sarve pātyante pāpakāriṇaḥ

But those who delight in dharma, who are givers, who are handsome, as (they were) in the house — they all protect the earth, (while) the evildoers are cast down.

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VrP 199.4

याचमानाः स्थिता नित्यं सुशीतैस्तोयभोजनैः ।। स्त्रियः श्रीरूपसंकाशाः सुकुमाराः सुभोजनाः

yācamānāḥ sthitā nityaṃ suśītaistoyabhojanaiḥ || striyaḥ śrīrūpasaṃkāśāḥ sukumārāḥ subhojanāḥ

(They) stand always begging, with very cool water and food; women resembling Śrī in beauty, delicate, with fine food.

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VrP 199.5

कृत्वा पूजां परां तत्र प्रतीक्षन्ते परं जनम्।। अग्नितप्ते सुघोरे च निक्षिप्यन्ते शिलातले

kṛtvā pūjāṃ parāṃ tatra pratīkṣante paraṃ janam|| agnitapte sughore ca nikṣipyante śilātale

Having offered the highest worship there, they await the other person; and (the wicked) are thrown down on a slab of rock, fire-heated and utterly dreadful.

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VrP 199.6

आलोके च प्रदर्श्यन्ते वृक्षाश्च भुवनानि च।। आयान्ति दह्यमानेषु पृष्ठपादोदरेषु च

āloke ca pradarśyante vṛkṣāśca bhuvanāni ca|| āyānti dahyamāneṣu pṛṣṭhapādodareṣu ca

And in the light trees and dwellings are shown (to them); they approach while their backs, feet and bellies are being burned.

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VrP 199.7

तत्र गत्वा तु ते दूताः प्रविशन्ति सुदारुणाः।। क्लिश्यन्ति बहवस्तत्र त्रातारं नाप्नुवन्ति ते

tatra gatvā tu te dūtāḥ praviśanti sudāruṇāḥ|| kliśyanti bahavastatra trātāraṃ nāpnuvanti te

But having gone there, those most cruel messengers enter; many suffer there, and they find no rescuer.

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VrP 199.8

अथान्ये तु श्वभिर्घोरैरापादतलमस्तकम् ।। भक्ष्यमाणा रुदन्तश्च क्रोशन्तश्च पुनःपुनः

athānye tu śvabhirghorairāpādatalamastakam || bhakṣyamāṇā rudantaśca krośantaśca punaḥpunaḥ

And then others, being devoured by terrible dogs from the soles of their feet to their heads, weeping and shrieking again and again.

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VrP 199.9

अथान्ये तु महारूपा महादंष्ट्रा भयानकाः ।। सूचीमुखं कृताः पापाः क्षुधितास्तृषितास्तथा

athānye tu mahārūpā mahādaṃṣṭrā bhayānakāḥ || sūcīmukhaṃ kṛtāḥ pāpāḥ kṣudhitāstṛṣitāstathā

And then others, huge of form, with great fangs, terrifying, made needle-mouthed — the sinners, hungry and thirsty likewise.

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VrP 199.11

अयःशरमयी नारी वह्नितप्ता सुदारुणा ।। आलिङ्गति नरं तत्र धावन्तं चानुधावति

ayaḥśaramayī nārī vahnitaptā sudāruṇā || āliṅgati naraṃ tatra dhāvantaṃ cānudhāvati

A woman made of iron arrows, heated by fire, utterly dreadful, embraces the man there, and pursues him as he runs.

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VrP 199.12

धावन्तं चानुधावंती त्विदं वचनमब्रवीत्।। अहं ते भगिनी पाप ह्यहं भार्या सुतस्य ते

dhāvantaṃ cānudhāvaṃtī tvidaṃ vacanamabravīt|| ahaṃ te bhaginī pāpa hyahaṃ bhāryā sutasya te

And pursuing him as he ran, she spoke this speech: "I am your sister, sinner; I am your son's wife;

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VrP 199.13

मातृष्वसा ते दुर्बुद्धे मातुलानी पितृष्वसा ।। गुरुभार्या मित्रभार्या भ्रातृभार्या नृपस्य च

mātṛṣvasā te durbuddhe mātulānī pitṛṣvasā || gurubhāryā mitrabhāryā bhrātṛbhāryā nṛpasya ca

your mother's sister, evil-minded one, your maternal uncle's wife, your father's sister, your teacher's wife, your friend's wife, your brother's wife, and the king's —

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VrP 199.14

श्रोत्रियाणां द्विजातीनां जाया वै धर्षितास्त्वया।। मोक्ष्यसे न हि पापात्त्वं रसातलगतो यथा

śrotriyāṇāṃ dvijātīnāṃ jāyā vai dharṣitāstvayā|| mokṣyase na hi pāpāttvaṃ rasātalagato yathā

And the wives of śrotriya brahmins have been violated by you; you will not be released from that sin, like one who has sunk to Rasātala.

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VrP 199.15

किं प्रधावसि निर्लज्ज व्यसनैश्चोपपादितः।। हनिष्येऽहं ध्रुवं पाप यथा कर्म त्वया कृतम्

kiṃ pradhāvasi nirlajja vyasanaiścopapāditaḥ|| haniṣye'haṃ dhruvaṃ pāpa yathā karma tvayā kṛtam

Why do you run off, shameless one, when you are beset with calamities? I shall surely kill you, sinner, in accordance with the deed you have done.

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VrP 199.16

एवं वै बोधयन्तीह श्रावयन्ति पुनःपुनः।। अभिद्रवन्ति तं पापं घोररूपा भयानकाः।

evaṃ vai bodhayantīha śrāvayanti punaḥpunaḥ|| abhidravanti taṃ pāpaṃ ghorarūpā bhayānakāḥ|

Thus indeed they rouse (him) here, they make (him) hear (this) again and again; those of dreadful form, terrifying, rush upon that sinner.

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VrP 199.17

ज्ञानिनां च सहस्रेषु जातं जातं तथा स्त्रियः ।। अनुपीड्य दुरात्मानं धर्षयंति सुदारुणम्

jñānināṃ ca sahasreṣu jātaṃ jātaṃ tathā striyaḥ || anupīḍya durātmānaṃ dharṣayaṃti sudāruṇam

And among thousands of the knowing ones, and women, each one as it is born — having crushed the evil-souled one they violate (him) most cruelly.

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VrP 199.18

वृषलीर्बहुलैर्दुःखैः किं क्रन्दसि पुनः पुनः ।। किं क्रन्दसि सुदुर्बुद्धे परिष्वक्तः स्वयं मया

vṛṣalīrbahulairduḥkhaiḥ kiṃ krandasi punaḥ punaḥ || kiṃ krandasi sudurbuddhe pariṣvaktaḥ svayaṃ mayā

Why do you wail again and again, with many sufferings, (you who consorted with) śūdra women? Why do you wail, most evil-minded one, when I myself have embraced you?

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VrP 199.19

दशधा त्वं मया पाप नीयमानः पुनःपुनः ।। अञ्जलिं वापि कुर्वाणो याचमानो न लज्जसे

daśadhā tvaṃ mayā pāpa nīyamānaḥ punaḥpunaḥ || añjaliṃ vāpi kurvāṇo yācamāno na lajjase

Being led (thus) by me in ten ways again and again, sinner, even making the folded-hands gesture and begging, you feel no shame.

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VrP 199.21

तत्र तत्रैव पाप त्वां न त्यक्ष्ये पारदारिकम् ।। लोहयष्टिप्रहारैश्च ताडयन्ति पुनःपुनः

tatra tatraiva pāpa tvāṃ na tyakṣye pāradārikam || lohayaṣṭiprahāraiśca tāḍayanti punaḥpunaḥ

In each of those very (places), sinner, I shall not let you go, adulterer that you are — and with blows of iron rods they beat (him) again and again.

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VrP 199.22

गोपाला इव दण्डेन कालयन्तो मुहुर्मुहुः ।। व्याघ्रसिंहसृगालैश्च तथा गर्दभराक्षसैः

gopālā iva daṇḍena kālayanto muhurmuhuḥ || vyāghrasiṃhasṛgālaiśca tathā gardabharākṣasaiḥ

Like cowherds with a stick, driving (them) on time after time; and by tigers, lions and jackals, and likewise by donkeys and rākṣasas —

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VrP 199.23

भक्ष्यन्ते श्वापदैरन्यैः श्वभिः काकैस्तथाऽपरे ।। असिं तालवनं तत्र धूमज्वालासमाकुलम्

bhakṣyante śvāpadairanyaiḥ śvabhiḥ kākaistathā'pare || asiṃ tālavanaṃ tatra dhūmajvālāsamākulam

(some) are devoured by wild beasts, and others by dogs and by crows; there (is) the forest of sword-leaved palms, thick with smoke and flame,

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VrP 199.24

दावाग्निसदृशाकारं प्रदीप्तं सर्वतोऽर्चिषा ।। तत्र क्षिप्त्वा ततः पापं यमदूतैः सुदारुणैः

dāvāgnisadṛśākāraṃ pradīptaṃ sarvato'rciṣā || tatra kṣiptvā tataḥ pāpaṃ yamadūtaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ

in form like a forest fire, blazing on every side with flame — having thrown the sinner in there, then, by the very cruel messengers of Yama,

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VrP 199.26

तत्र छिन्नाश्च दग्धाश्च हन्यमानाश्च सर्वशः ।। विधृष्टा विकृताश्चैव दह्यमाना नदन्ति ते

tatra chinnāśca dagdhāśca hanyamānāśca sarvaśaḥ || vidhṛṣṭā vikṛtāścaiva dahyamānā nadanti te

there, cut and burned and struck on all sides, mangled and disfigured, they cry out as they burn.

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VrP 199.27

असितालवनद्वारि ये तिष्ठन्ति महारथाः ।। पापकर्मसमायुक्तास्तर्जयन्ति सुदारुणाः

asitālavanadvāri ye tiṣṭhanti mahārathāḥ || pāpakarmasamāyuktāstarjayanti sudāruṇāḥ

At the gate of the sword-palm forest stand great warriors; most cruel, they threaten those joined to sinful deeds.

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VrP 199.28

भो भो पापसमाचारा धर्मसेतुविनाशकाः ।। अतो निमित्तं पापिष्ठा यातनाभिः सहस्रशः

bho bho pāpasamācārā dharmasetuvināśakāḥ || ato nimittaṃ pāpiṣṭhā yātanābhiḥ sahasraśaḥ

"Ho, ho, you of sinful conduct, destroyers of the dyke of dharma! For this reason, most sinful ones, (you suffer) by torments in their thousands."

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VrP 199.29

दह्यमानान्सुतप्तांश्च संश्रयन्ते द्रुमान्पुनः ।। असिपत्रैस्ततो वृक्षाच्छिन्दन्ति बहुशो नरान् अनुभूयेह तत्सर्वं मानुष्यं यदि यास्यथ ।। कुलेषु सुदरिद्राणां गर्भवासेन पीडिताः

dahyamānānsutaptāṃśca saṃśrayante drumānpunaḥ || asipatraistato vṛkṣācchindanti bahuśo narān anubhūyeha tatsarvaṃ mānuṣyaṃ yadi yāsyatha || kuleṣu sudaridrāṇāṃ garbhavāsena pīḍitāḥ

Burning and scorched, they take refuge again at the trees; then from the tree the sword-leaves cut the men in many places. "If, having undergone all this here, you shall go to human birth, (it will be) in the families of the very poor, afflicted by dwelling in the womb."

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VrP 199.31

पक्षिणश्चायसैस्तुण्डैर्व्याघ्राश्चैव सुदारुणाः ।। तत्र घोरा बहुविधाः क्रव्यादाः श्वादयस्तथा

pakṣiṇaścāyasaistuṇḍairvyāghrāścaiva sudāruṇāḥ || tatra ghorā bahuvidhāḥ kravyādāḥ śvādayastathā

And birds with iron beaks, and most cruel tigers; there (are) dreadful flesh-eaters of many kinds, and dogs and the like,

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VrP 199.32

खादंति रुषितास्तत्र बहवो हिंसका नरान् ।। ऋक्षद्वीपिसमाकीर्णे बहुकीटपिपीलिके

khādaṃti ruṣitāstatra bahavo hiṃsakā narān || ṛkṣadvīpisamākīrṇe bahukīṭapipīlike

there many violent ones, enraged, devour the men — in (that place) crowded with bears and leopards, teeming with worms and ants,

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VrP 199.33

असितालवने विप्रा बहुदुःखसमाकुले ।। तत्र क्षिप्ता मया दृष्टा यमदूतैर्महाबलैः

asitālavane viprā bahuduḥkhasamākule || tatra kṣiptā mayā dṛṣṭā yamadūtairmahābalaiḥ

in the sword-palm forest, brahmins, filled with much suffering: there I saw them, flung in by the mighty messengers of Yama,

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VrP 199.34

असिपत्र सुभग्नाङ्गाः शूललग्नास्तथाऽपरे ।। तथाऽपरो महादेशो नानारूपो भयानकः

asipatra subhagnāṅgāḥ śūlalagnāstathā'pare || tathā'paro mahādeśo nānārūpo bhayānakaḥ

their limbs badly broken by the sword-leaves, and others stuck on stakes. And likewise there was another great region, of many forms, terrifying:

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VrP 199.35

पुष्करिण्यश्च वाप्यश्च ह्रदा नद्यस्तथैव च ।। तडागानि च कूपाश्च रुधिरस्य सहस्रशः

puṣkariṇyaśca vāpyaśca hradā nadyastathaiva ca || taḍāgāni ca kūpāśca rudhirasya sahasraśaḥ

lotus ponds and step-wells, and pools and rivers too, and tanks and wells by the thousands, of blood,

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VrP 199.36

पूतिमांसकृमीणां च अमेध्यस्य तथैव च।। अन्यानि च मया तत्र दृष्टानि मुनिसत्तमाः

pūtimāṃsakṛmīṇāṃ ca amedhyasya tathaiva ca|| anyāni ca mayā tatra dṛṣṭāni munisattamāḥ

and of rotten flesh and worms, and likewise of filth; and other (such) things too were seen by me there, O best of sages.

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VrP 199.37

तत्र क्लिश्यन्ति ते पापास्तस्मिन्मध्ये सहस्रशः ।। जिघ्रन्तश्च तथा गन्धं मज्जन्तश्च सहस्रशः

tatra kliśyanti te pāpāstasminmadhye sahasraśaḥ || jighrantaśca tathā gandhaṃ majjantaśca sahasraśaḥ

There those sinners suffer in the midst of it by the thousands, smelling that stench and sinking (in it) by the thousands.

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VrP 199.38

अस्थिपाषाणवर्षाणि रुधिरस्य बलाहकाः ।। अश्मवर्षाणि ते घोराः पातयन्ति सहस्रशः

asthipāṣāṇavarṣāṇi rudhirasya balāhakāḥ || aśmavarṣāṇi te ghorāḥ pātayanti sahasraśaḥ

Showers of bones and stones, clouds of blood — those dreadful (beings) rain down showers of rock by the thousands.

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VrP 199.39

धावतां प्लवतां चैव हा हतोऽस्मीति भाषिणाम् ।। प्राहतानां पुनः शब्दो वध्यतां च सुदारुणः

dhāvatāṃ plavatāṃ caiva hā hato'smīti bhāṣiṇām || prāhatānāṃ punaḥ śabdo vadhyatāṃ ca sudāruṇaḥ

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VrP 199.41

क्वचित्स्थूलैस्तथा बद्धः उद्बद्धश्च क्वचित्तथा ।। हाहाभयानकोन्मिश्रः शब्दोऽश्रूयत दारुणः

kvacitsthūlaistathā baddhaḥ udbaddhaśca kvacittathā || hāhābhayānakonmiśraḥ śabdo'śrūyata dāruṇaḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

VrP 199.42

अपश्यं पुनरन्यत्र यत्स्मृत्वा चोद्विजेन्नरः

apaśyaṃ punaranyatra yatsmṛtvā codvijennaraḥ

Elsewhere again I saw that which, on recalling it, a man would shudder at.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VrP 199.199

अन्नानि दीयमानानि भक्ष्याणि विविधानि च।। भोज्यानि लेह्यचोष्याणि यैर्निषिद्धं दुरात्मभिः न मोक्ष्यसे मया पाप कुतो गच्छसि मूढ वै ।। यत्र यत्र प्रयासि त्वमिति गत्वा यमालये भोगैश्च पीडिता नित्यं उत्पत्स्यथ सुदुर्गताः।। अग्निज्वालानिभास्तत्र अग्निस्पर्शा महारवाः क्रन्दतां करुणोन्मिश्रं दिशोऽपूर्यन्त सर्वशः।। क्वचिद्बद्धः क्वचिद्रुद्धः क्वचिद्विद्धः सुदारुणैः

annāni dīyamānāni bhakṣyāṇi vividhāni ca|| bhojyāni lehyacoṣyāṇi yairniṣiddhaṃ durātmabhiḥ na mokṣyase mayā pāpa kuto gacchasi mūḍha vai || yatra yatra prayāsi tvamiti gatvā yamālaye bhogaiśca pīḍitā nityaṃ utpatsyatha sudurgatāḥ|| agnijvālānibhāstatra agnisparśā mahāravāḥ krandatāṃ karuṇonmiśraṃ diśo'pūryanta sarvaśaḥ|| kvacidbaddhaḥ kvacidruddhaḥ kvacidviddhaḥ sudāruṇaiḥ

— tr. refused: cyber