Varaha Purana 137.2 — Adhyaya 137, Shloka 2
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
मम किं तात राज्येन कोशेन च बलेन च ॥ यस्त्वया रहितस्तात न शक्नोमि विचेष्टितुम्
mama kiṁ tāta rājyena kośena ca balena ca || yas tvayā rahitas tāta na śaknomi viceṣṭitum
“What have I to do, dear father, with a kingdom, with treasury, or with power? Deprived of you, father, I am unable even to act.”
Pṛthivī (default dialogue frame; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Kingship","Renunciation"]
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It reflects a recurring Purāṇic narrative motif: the critique of royal power when set against personal duty and relational ethics, illustrating how kingship is framed as secondary to dharma and attachment.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment.
A philosophical preference for relational duty and inner stability over political authority and material resources.
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