Varaha Purana 206.3 — Adhyaya 206, Shloka 3
Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds
मुञ्च मुञ्च महाभृत्य चैष धर्मस्य निर्णयः ॥ अहं कालेन सार्द्धं हि मृत्युना प्रकृतस्तथा ॥
muñca muñca mahābhṛtya caiṣa dharmasya nirṇayaḥ || ahaṃ kālena sārdhaṃ hi mṛtyunā prakṛtas tathā ||
Release him, release him, O great attendant—this indeed is the determination of dharma. For I, together with Time, and likewise with Death, am appointed to act accordingly.
Unspecified; likely an authority figure in the underworld administration (commonly Yama/Dharmarāja or an empowered messenger) within the Citragupta-message narrative
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":"None","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":"rajaniti","instruction_summary":"धर्म-निर्णय (न्याय) सर्वोपरि है; नियुक्त अधिकारी (धर्मराज/यम) काल और मृत्यु के साथ मिलकर कर्मानुसार दण्ड/विमोचन कराते हैं।","karmic_consequence":"धर्मानुसार निर्णय से योग्य का विमोचन और अयोग्य का दण्ड; अन्याय/विपर्यय से अधर्म-फल (पाप-वृद्धि/दण्ड) का संकेत।"}
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":"cosmic-order","core_concept":"काल और मृत्यु भी धर्म-व्यवस्था के उपकरण हैं; न्याय ‘व्यक्ति-इच्छा’ नहीं, ‘धर्म-निर्णय’ है।","practical_application":"कर्म-उत्तरदायित्व स्वीकारना; न्याय-व्यवस्था/कर्तव्य में निष्पक्षता; समय-सीमा और मृत्यु-स्मरण से धर्माचरण।"}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Judgment/Justice","Cosmology"]
Primary Rasa: वीर
Secondary Rasa: शान्त
Type: celestial_realm
Related Themes: 206.2.0 (धर्मात्मा के विमोचन का आधार); 206.4.0 (पुण्यात्मा का सम्मान)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"आदेशात्मक, गंभीर","suggested_raga":"दरबारी कान्हड़ा","pace":"मध्यम-धीमा","voice_tone":"गंभीर, अधिकारपूर्ण"}
FAQs
It exemplifies how Purāṇic texts portray cosmic justice through administrative language—‘decision of dharma’—integrating moral causality with personified forces like Time and Death.
No geographic identifier appears; the setting is institutional/cosmological (judgment context).
That dharma is treated as an enforceable determination within the cosmic order, implying accountability and due outcome for conduct.
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