Varaha Purana 210.7: Adhyaya 210, Shloka 7
Inquiry into Moral Agency (Karma) and Practical Means for the Dissolution of Sin: the Śiśumāra Contemplation
Uttara Bhāga · Dharma-śāstra and Karma-Vāda (Ethics/Philosophical Instruction)
कं वा द्वेषं पुरस्कृत्य मतिस्तस्य प्रवर्तते ॥ सुखदुःखादि लोकेऽस्मिन्प्रकरोति सुदारुणम् ॥
kaṁ vā dveṣaṁ puraskṛtya matis tasya pravartate || sukhaduḥkhādi loke 'smin prakaroti sudāruṇam ||
kaM vA dveShaM puraskRRitya matistasya pravarttate || sukhaduHkhAdi loke.asminprakaroti sudAruNam
Welcher Hass, als Beweggrund vorangestellt, setzt den Geist eines Menschen in Gang? In dieser Welt bewirkt er überaus harte Erfahrungen wie Lust und Schmerz und dergleichen.
Sandhi Notes
- लोकेऽस्मिन् = लोके अस्मिन् (अ + अ → ’)
- सुखदुःखादि = सुख-दुःख-आदि
- सुदारुणम् = सु-दारुणम्
- कं = कम् (anusvāra before consonant)
Varāha
Dveṣa as a foregrounded motive distorts cognition and propels actions that ripen into intense sukha-duḥkha experiences; inner intention shapes karmic texture.
Practice kṣamā and maitri; observe the arising of dveṣa before action; replace reactive intention with dharmic deliberation and devotion.
Intention (especially dveṣa) is highlighted as a driver of action that yields severe experiential consequences (sukha/duḥkha), implying ethical restraint over hatred.
Harboring and acting from hatred intensifies harsh karmic fruition; restraining dveṣa supports calmer outcomes and moral clarity.
Varāha Purāṇa, adhyāya 210: Varāha’s response on intention, hatred, and karmic experience
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical concern: how mental dispositions (such as hatred) condition lived experience through karma, aligning with broader Sanskrit moral psychology.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is framed as a general ethical-philosophical statement.
The verse cautions that hatred as a motivating force leads to severe outcomes, shaping one’s experience of pleasure and pain.
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