Varaha Purana 37.25: Adhyaya 37, Shloka 25
The Threefold Discipline (Mental, Physical, Verbal) and the Salvific Power of Hearing Nārāyaṇa’s Name
तस्यैवं वादिनो विप्राः सर्वे क्रोधसमन्विताः । ऊचुः शापं दुराधर्षः क्रूरो व्याघ्रो भविष्यसि ॥ ३७.२५ ॥
tasyaivaṃ vādino viprāḥ sarve krodha-samanvitāḥ | ūcuḥ śāpaṃ durādharṣaḥ krūro vyāghro bhaviṣyasi || 37.25 ||
Als er so redete, wurden alle Brāhmaṇas von Zorn erfüllt und sprachen einen Fluch: „Du, schwer zu bezwingen, wirst zu einem grausamen, wilden Tiger werden.“
Viprāḥ (Brāhmaṇas); default dialogue frame: Varāha–Pṛthivī context not explicit in this fragment
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative device: the śāpa (curse) as a mechanism of moral causality and plot transition, often linking speech, conduct, and embodied consequence.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment.
The verse highlights the ethical theme that provocative or improper speech and conduct can trigger communal sanction and consequential transformation, emphasizing accountability within social and ritual order.
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