Varaha Purana 136.102 — Adhyaya 136, Shloka 102
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
एकजन्मनि श्वा चैव वानरश्चैव जायते ॥ एकस्मिञ्जन्मनि छागः सृगालश्चैकजन्मनि ॥
ekajanmani śvā caiva vānaras caiva jāyate || ekasmiñ janmani chāgaḥ sṛgālaś caika-janmani ||
એક જન્મમાં તે કૂતરો અને વાંદરો બની જન્મે છે; એક જન્મમાં બકરો, અને બીજા એક જન્મમાં શિયાળ।
Varāha
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":"narakas","instruction_summary":"Impurity/offense in ritual conduct yields degrading rebirths (dog, monkey, goat, jackal), illustrating karmic retribution.","karmic_consequence":"Breaking purity/ritual norms (implied): repeated low births and suffering; following norms (implied): avoidance of such downfall."}
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":"karma doctrine (ethical causality)","core_concept":"Actions and offenses shape embodiment; ritual negligence is not ‘small’—it imprints future births.","practical_application":"Treat dharma-acts with seriousness; cultivate śauca and restraint to prevent karmic descent."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Cosmology (rebirth doctrine)","Didactic Narrative"]
Primary Rasa: bhayānaka
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 136.112 (the fault); Varāha Purāṇa 136.114 (continued sequence and eventual uplift)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A karmic tableau showing successive animal births—dog, monkey, goat, jackal—presented as a cautionary sequence stemming from offense.","item_prompts":["four animal forms arranged as a sequence or wheel","a faint human silhouette behind them (implied continuity)","judgment/karma motif (scales, wheel)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: stylized animal forms in a circular narrative band; muted, moralizing palette; subtle divine witness presence.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: iconic animal medallions around a central karma-wheel; gold highlights on the wheel and borders.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: naturalistic animals with refined detailing; soft background suggesting samsāra-cycle.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: delicate, storybook animals in landscape vignettes; a continuous path indicating successive births."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"grave warning","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"low, weighty, cautioning"}
FAQs
It illustrates a Purāṇic pedagogical technique: listing animal rebirths as a vivid moral warning, reflecting broader Indic karmic discourse.
None; the verse is typological rather than geographic.
Improper conduct is portrayed as leading to degraded forms of rebirth, encouraging ethical restraint and corrective practice.
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