Varaha Purana 195.6 — Adhyaya 195, Shloka 6
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
सुरापो ब्रह्महा चैव यो द्विजो वीरघातकः ॥ तथा वार्धुषिका ये च जिह्मप्रेक्षाश्च ये नराः ॥
surāpo brahmahā caiva yo dvijo vīraghātakaḥ | tathā vārḍhuṣikā ye ca jihmaprekṣāś ca ye narāḥ ||
যে দ্বিজ সুরাপান করে, ব্রাহ্মণহন্তা এবং বীরহন্তা; তদ্রূপ সুদখোর এবং কুটিলদৃষ্টিসম্পন্ন পুরুষেরা।
Varāha (default, dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"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":"Enumerates major sins and social vices: surāpāna by a dvija, brahmahatyā, killing a hero, usury, and deceitful intent (crooked gaze).","karmic_consequence":"Implied heavy pāpa leading to severe suffering and loss of honor/merit; deceit and exploitation (usury) are framed as socially and spiritually ruinous."}
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":"ethics (inner/outer purity)","core_concept":"Adharma is not only overt crime (killing, intoxication) but also exploitative livelihood and inner crookedness (jihmā-dṛṣṭi).","practical_application":"Avoid intoxicants and violence; choose non-exploitative earning; cultivate straightforwardness (ārjava) in intention and gaze/behavior."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social conduct"]
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Type: None
Related Themes: Varaha Purana 195.2.0-195.5.0 (same catalogue block)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A dharma-judge tone scene: the speaker lists intoxicant-drinking, brahmahatyā, heroic killing, usury, and deceit as dark stains on conduct.","item_prompts":["teacher figure with commanding gesture","wine cup/flask shown as warning symbol","a broken sacred thread motif (symbolic of fall)","coins/ledger for usury","a face with sideways/crooked gaze motif (symbolic)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: dramatic chiaroscuro; symbolic objects (flask, coins) around the instructor; emphasis on moral contrast rather than literal violence.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold haloed instructor; ornate but cautionary icons (flask, coins) placed like emblems; strong symmetry.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: classical restraint; detailed objects (ledger, cup) rendered delicately; instructor’s stern expression central.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: compact narrative with emblematic props; subdued palette; focus on psychological ‘crooked gaze’ symbolism."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"grave, judicial","suggested_raga":"Darbari Kanada","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"deep, uncompromising, admonitory"}
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic practice of listing socially condemned actions (pāpa-varga), overlapping with Dharma-śāstra classifications used to define moral boundaries and communal norms.
No explicit geographic location appears in this verse.
The verse identifies categories of conduct considered gravely unethical—violence against protected persons, intoxication, exploitative lending, and deceitful behavior.
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