Varaha Purana 39.4: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 4
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
धर्माधर्मोपभोगाय यत् तृतीयमतीन्द्रियम् । तत्त्रिभेदं विनिर्दिष्टं ब्रह्मविद्भिर्विचक्षणैः । यातना धर्मभोगश्च भुक्तिश्चेति त्रिभेदकम् ॥ ३९.४ ॥
dharmādharmopabhogāya yat tṛtīyam atīndriyam | tat tribhedaṁ vinirdiṣṭaṁ brahmavidbhir vicakṣaṇaiḥ | yātanā dharmabhogaś ca bhuktiś ceti tribhedakam || 39.4 ||
ধর্ম ও অধর্মের ফলভোগের জন্য যে তৃতীয় তত্ত্ব ইন্দ্রিয়াতীত, তা ব্রহ্মবিদ্ বিচক্ষণগণ তিন ভাগে নির্দিষ্ট করেছেন—(১) যাতনা, (২) ধর্মভোগ, এবং (৩) ভুক্তি—এই ত্রিবিধ।
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It preserves a Purāṇic-era schematic for how karmic results are experienced, using technical vocabulary (e.g., atīndriya, yātanā) that overlaps with broader Dharmaśāstra and philosophical discussions of moral causality.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is doctrinal—classifying modes of experiencing the results of dharma and adharma.
Ethical actions (dharma) and unethical actions (adharma) are framed as producing consequences that are experienced through suprasensory modes, categorized here into punitive suffering and forms of enjoyment, emphasizing moral causality rather than ritual prescription.
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