Varaha Purana 32.16: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 16
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
ब्रह्मा उवाच । अयं मे प्रथमः पुत्रः पीडितः शशिना भृशम् । पत्नीं जिघृक्षता भ्रातुर्धर्मसंज्ञो महामुनिः ॥ ३२.१७ ॥
brahmā uvāca | ayaṃ me prathamaḥ putraḥ pīḍitaḥ śaśinā bhṛśam | patnīṃ jighṛkṣatā bhrātur dharmasaṃjño mahāmuniḥ || 32.17 ||
Brahmā sprach: „Dies ist mein erstgeborener Sohn, der große Weise namens Dharma; er wurde von Śaśin (dem Mond) schwer bedrängt, als sein Bruder seine Gattin an sich reißen wollte.“
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It preserves a Purāṇic narrative frame in which Brahmā recounts a genealogical-ethical episode, illustrating how moral tension is embedded in mythic family lineages and cosmic personifications (e.g., the Moon).
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily a character-and-event statement within a narrative dialogue.
The verse foregrounds the ethical breach implied by attempting to take a brother’s wife, presenting it as a cause of severe affliction and moral disturbance within the narrative.
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