Varaha Purana 207.55 — Adhyaya 207, Shloka 55
Section on the ‘Person’ who Entices Beings within the Cycle of Rebirth
अहिंसया परं रूपं दीक्षया कुलजन्म च ॥ फलमूलाशिनो राज्यं स्वर्गः पर्णाशिनां भवेत्
ahiṃsayā paraṃ rūpaṃ dīkṣayā kulajanma ca || phalamūlāśino rājyaṃ svargaḥ parṇāśināṃ bhavet
Durch Gewaltlosigkeit (ahiṃsā) erlangt man eine erhabene Gestalt; durch die Weihe-Disziplin (dīkṣā) eine edle Geburt in guter Linie. Für jene, die von Früchten und Wurzeln leben, heißt es, sei die Frucht die Herrschaft; für jene, die von Blättern leben, wäre die Frucht der Himmel.
Varāha (default, instructional voice)
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":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Links specific ascetic-ethical practices to specific fruits: ahiṃsā → excellent form; dīkṣā → noble birth; fruit/root diet → sovereignty; leaf diet → heaven.","karmic_consequence":"Observance yields stated rewards (beauty, good birth, rulership, svarga); violence/undisciplined living undermines these fruits and accrues demerit."}
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":"karma-phala/ethics","core_concept":"Moral restraint and disciplined initiation (dīkṣā) shape both body and destiny; austerity has graded karmic outcomes.","practical_application":"Adopt ahiṃsā in thought/speech/action; undertake disciplined vows under guidance; practice regulated diet as a form of tapas suited to capacity."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Nonviolence","Ascetic Practice"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: artha
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: adhyāya 207’s sequence of virtue → fruit statements
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Didactic depiction of ascetic practices: a nonviolent sage, a dīkṣita with ritual marks, and forest-dwelling ascetics subsisting on fruits/roots/leaves, with symbolic rewards hinted.","item_prompts":["sage protecting animals (ahiṃsā)","dīkṣā symbols: kuśa, yajñopavīta, tilaka, fire altar","ascetics gathering fruits/roots/leaves","iconic symbols of fruits: crown/throne (rājya), celestial gate (svarga)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural; narrative band showing four practices with emblematic results; stylized animals near ahiṃsā sage; small yajña scene for dīkṣā.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore; central teacher; surrounding medallions: ahiṃsā, dīkṣā, fruit-root tapas, leaf tapas; gold highlights on symbolic ‘rewards’.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore; elegant vignettes with fine detailing of ritual implements and forest flora; restrained, classical composition.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari; charming forest scenes of ascetics foraging; airy depiction of svarga above; gentle storytelling."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional, rhythmic","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, enumerative"}
FAQs
It preserves a moral-ascetic valuation of ahiṃsā and disciplined living, and records diet-based ascetic categories used in Sanskrit ethical literature.
No geographic location is identified in this verse.
Practice nonviolence and disciplined restraint; the text links such conduct to positive personal and cosmological outcomes.
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