Varaha Purana 11.75: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 75
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Pūrva Bhāga · Pr̥thivī-uddhāra Narrative (Earth-Restoration Cycle)
अवतीर्णे ततस्तस्मिन् नीले परमदारुणे । क्रूरबुद्ध्या मनेस्तस्मान्निर्जग्मुः शस्त्रपाणयः ॥ ११.७६ ॥
avatīrṇe tatastasmīn nīle paramadāruṇe | krūrabuddhyā manestas mān nirjagmuḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ || 11.76 ||
avatIrNe tatastasmin nIle paramadAruNe | krUrabuddhyA maNestasmAnnirjagmuH shastrapANayaH || 11.76 ||
जब वो नीले और भयानक जगह उतरा, तब मणि के मन से लोग निकले। ये लोग बड़े जिद्दी थे और हाथ में हथियार लिए थे।
Sandhi Notes
- मनेस्तस्मात् → मणेः तस्मात् (ः + त → स् त)
- तस्मान्निर्जग्मुः → तस्मात् निर्जग्मुः (त् + न → न्न)
Varāha
Krūra-buddhi externalizes as armed action; inner intention is the seed of outer catastrophe.
Monitor and correct intention before action; avoid delegating wrongdoing to agents—commissioning harm binds the commissioner to the karma.
Violence and armed coercion in/near an āśrama or yajña-context is a grave transgression; cruelty (krūra-buddhi) is itself adharma.
Cruel aggression invites immediate counterforce (social, divine, or karmic), and long-term suffering; restraint and protection of sacred spaces yields stability and merit.
Varāha Purāṇa 11.11.73-75 (anger-command → troop approach → entry into agnihotra space)
FAQs
It exemplifies Purāṇic narrative style in which moral psychology (cruel intent) is linked to the emergence of violence, reflecting a common didactic motif in Sanskrit epic-purāṇic literature.
No specific toponym is supplied in this verse; the phrase “nīle paramadāruṇe” functions descriptively (a dark/blue, terrifying place) rather than as a securely identifiable historical location.
The verse foregrounds the causal link between cruel intention (krūrabuddhi) and armed action, presenting an implicit philosophical instruction about how internal dispositions can manifest as social harm.
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