Varaha Purana 195.7 — Adhyaya 195, Shloka 7
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
मातृत्यागी पितृत्यागी यः स्वसाध्वीं परित्यजेत् ॥ गुरुद्वेषी दुराचारो दूताश्चाव्यक्तभाषिणः ॥
mātṛtyāgī pitṛtyāgī yaḥ svasādhvīṃ parityajet | gurudveṣī durācāro dūtāś cāvyaktabhāṣiṇaḥ ||
One who abandons his mother, one who abandons his father, and one who deserts his own virtuous wife; one who hates his teacher, a person of bad conduct, and messengers who speak indistinctly—these are listed.
Varāha (default, dialogue framework)
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":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"Do not abandon mother, father, or a chaste wife; do not hate the guru; avoid durācāra and socially harmful speech/communication.","karmic_consequence":"Such betrayals of core relationships and guru-droha are treated as grave adharma leading to social fall and painful post-mortem consequences (naraka/duḥkha) in Purāṇic moral taxonomy."}
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":"dharma-ethics (gṛhastha/ācāra)","core_concept":"Dharma is upheld by fidelity to parents, spouse, and teacher; betrayal of these pillars is self-degradation.","practical_application":"Maintain care of parents, protect marital vows, practice guru-bhakti, and cultivate truthful, responsible communication in social roles."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Family duties","Social conduct"]
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 195 (moral taxonomy sequence continuing in 195.8–195.13)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as a didactic deity enumerates socially condemned types—figures turning away from parents, deserting a faithful wife, and showing hostility to a teacher—set as a moral tableau rather than a narrative action scene.","item_prompts":["Varāha in teaching posture (abhaya/varada or pointing gesture)","elderly mother and father neglected","virtuous wife left behind (sādhvī)","guru/ācārya figure with offended expression","scroll or palm-leaf manuscript indicating dharma instruction"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: seated Varāha as divine instructor with bold outlines and flat warm colors; grouped vignettes of neglect of parents, wife, and guru in side panels; temple-like interior.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central Varāha with ornate crown and jewelry, gold-leaf halo; small narrative medallions showing mother/father abandonment, wife desertion, and guru-hatred; rich reds and greens.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: refined linework, soft shading; Varāha teaching with calm but stern face; background of a dharmaśālā; subdued vignettes of familial betrayal.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: lyrical hillside court-like setting; Varāha as teacher under a canopy; expressive small figures depicting abandonment scenes; delicate pastel palette."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"admonitory, judicial","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"firm, clipped enunciation with clear pauses between listed offenders"}
FAQs
It documents a normative ethical model emphasizing obligations to parents, spouse, and teacher—core social relations frequently highlighted in classical Indian legal-ethical literature.
No geographic reference is present in this verse.
It condemns abandonment of dependents and hostility toward teachers, presenting relational fidelity and clarity/trustworthiness in communication as ethical ideals.
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