Varaha Purana 116.27: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 27
An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering
कृत्वा सायाह्निकं कर्म ततः सौख्यतरं नु किम् ॥ देवतातिथिमर्त्यानां त्यक्त्वा चान्नं वसुन्धरे ॥
kṛtvā sāyāhnikaṃ karma tataḥ saukhyataraṃ nu kim || devatātithimartyānāṃ tyaktvā cānnaṃ vasundhare ||
Nachdem man das abendliche Ritual vollzogen hat, was könnte dem Wohlergehen mehr zuträglich sein als dies? Und, o Vasundharā, nachdem man Speise für die Gottheiten, die Gäste und die Menschen beiseitegelegt hat—welche Übung wäre heilsamer?
Varāha
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It preserves a social ethic of food distribution (to deities/ritual recipients, guests, and others), aligning household ritual with communal responsibility in Purāṇic moral discourse.
No geographic location is specified in this verse.
To perform daily rites and to practice hospitality and social responsibility by allocating food to appropriate recipients.
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