Varaha Purana 210.46 — Adhyaya 210, Shloka 46
Inquiry into Moral Agency (Karma) and Practical Means for the Dissolution of Sin: the Śiśumāra Contemplation
प्राप्नुयादीप्सितान्कामान्पापैर्मुक्तो यथासुखम् ॥ यः कुर्याद्धर्मसंयुक्तं विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना ॥
prāpnuyād īpsitān kāmān pāpair mukto yathāsukham | yaḥ kuryād dharma-saṃyuktaṃ viśuddhenāntarātmanā ||
“যি জনে বিশুদ্ধ অন্তৰাত্মাৰে ধৰ্মসংযুক্ত কৰ্ম কৰে, সি পাপমুক্ত হৈ সহজে ইচ্ছিত কামনা-লক্ষ্যসমূহ লাভ কৰে।”
Yama
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"Perform dharma with a purified inner self (viśuddha antar-ātman); then one becomes free of sin and attains desired aims smoothly.","karmic_consequence":"Innerly pure dharmic action yields pāpa-mukti and fulfillment of legitimate desires (iṣṭa-kāma); impure motive undermines fruit and sustains bondage."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"moral psychology / sādhanā","core_concept":"Antaḥkaraṇa-śuddhi is the enabling condition for dharma to bear liberating and fulfilling fruit.","practical_application":"Before/while acting, purify intention through truthfulness, restraint, and remembrance; evaluate actions by both conformity to dharma and inner motive."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Philosophy"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: āśā
Type: ethical instruction (unspecified)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 210.49 (kriyā-kāra-niyoga taught for pāpa-vināśa)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"calm, reassuring","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"gentle but certain, lingering on ‘विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना’"}
FAQs
It connects outward practice with inward moral psychology (viśuddha antarātman), a theme shared across Dharma literature and later ethical-theological synthesis.
No geographic location is referenced here.
Actions should be dharma-aligned and motivated by a purified inner disposition; moral efficacy is linked to both conduct and intention.
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