Varaha Purana 187.77: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 77
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
मम चैव प्रसादेन तस्य बुद्धिं ददाम्यहम् ॥ जातस्य सर्वभूतस्य कालमृत्युरुपस्थितः ॥
mama caiva prasādena tasya buddhiṁ dadāmy aham || jātasyā sarvabhūtasya kālamṛtyur upasthitaḥ ||
Und durch meine Gnade verleihe ich ihm Einsicht. Denn bei jedem geborenen Wesen steht Zeit-und-Tod bereits nahe.
Varāha (default narrative voice, speaker not explicit in fragment)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"theology + mortality (anityatā)","core_concept":"Divine grace (prasāda) grants buddhi, yet all embodied beings remain under the shadow of Time-and-Death.","practical_application":"Cultivate discernment as a gift to be sought through devotion and right conduct; live with urgency and detachment knowing death is proximate."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Cosmology","Mortality"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: bhayānaka
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 187.86-89 (continuation on inevitability of death, guṇas, and karmic outcomes)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as a divine teacher bestowing insight (buddhi) by grace while Kāla-Mṛtyu stands near every newborn being as an unseen presence.","item_prompts":["Varāha in calm teaching posture","halo/tejas indicating prasāda","a subtle shadow-figure labeled Kāla/Mṛtyu behind a cradle or newborn","scroll or palm-leaf symbolizing buddhi/śāstra"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: serene Varāha with ornate crown and large expressive eyes, right hand in teaching/boon gesture, subdued dark silhouette of Kāla behind a cradle, rich reds/ochres/greens.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: Varāha with heavy gold ornaments and prabhāmaṇḍala in gold leaf, blessing gesture granting buddhi (small flame/lotus at palm), faint Kāla figure in background, jewel-toned textiles.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: delicate linework, soft shading; Varāha seated on lotus, palm-leaf manuscript near him, atmospheric depiction of Time as a dim hourglass-like motif near an infant.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: lyrical hillside palette; Varāha as gentle guru under a tree, infant in foreground, Kāla as a dark cloud form at the edge, minimal but symbolic."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative, admonitory","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"grave, steady, compassionate"}
FAQs
It encapsulates a widespread Indic philosophical motif: mortality is universal and immediate, framed through the personified/compound notion of kāla (time) and mṛtyu (death).
No geographic location is mentioned.
To cultivate discernment (buddhi) in view of the inevitability of death, which contextualizes ritual and moral action.
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Varaha Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.