Varaha Purana 39.18: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 18
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
वित्तेन च विना दानं दातुं विप्र न शक्यते । विद्यमानेऽपि न मतिः कुटुम्बासक्तचेतसः । तस्य मोक्षः कथं ब्रह्मन् सर्वथा दुर्लभो हरिः ॥ ३९.१८ ॥
vittena ca vinā dānaṃ dātuṃ vipra na śakyate | vidyamāne 'pi na matiḥ kuṭumbāsaktacetasaḥ | tasya mokṣaḥ kathaṃ brahman sarvathā durlabho hariḥ || 39.18 ||
«Sin riqueza, oh brāhmaṇa, no es posible dar dāna. Aun cuando haya bienes, quien tiene la mente apegada a la familia no desarrolla la disposición (para dar). ¿Cómo, entonces, oh Brahman, alcanzará la liberación? Para él, Hari es en todo sentido difícil de obtener.»
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It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical discourse: the practical conditions for dāna (resources and intention) and how household attachment can obstruct soteriological aims, situating morality within a broader liberation-oriented framework.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; it is a general ethical and philosophical statement rather than a tīrtha- or place-focused passage.
The verse distinguishes material capacity from moral intention: wealth enables giving, but attachment to household life can inhibit the disposition to give; such attachment is presented as an obstacle to liberation and to attaining Hari (Viṣṇu).
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