Varaha Purana 130.20: Adhyaya 130, Shloka 20
Expiation and Dietary Discipline Concerning the Consumption of Royal Food
rājānna
Uttara Bhāga · Prāyaścitta and Ritual-Ethics (Varāha’s response: means by which consumers cross over)
श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ शृणु तत्त्वेन मे देवि यन्मां त्वं भीरु भाषसे ॥ तरन्ति पुरुषा येन राजान्नस्योपभुञ्जकाः
śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu tattvena me devi yan māṃ tvaṃ bhīru bhāṣase || taranti puruṣā yena rājānnasyopabhuñjakāḥ
shrIvarAha uvAcha || shRRiNu tattvena me devi yanmAM tvaM bhIru bhAShase || taranti puruShA yena rAjAnnasyopabhu~njakAH
वराह भगवान बोले, देवी, तुम डर के मारे जो पूछ रही हो, उसका सच सुनो। राजा का खाना खाने वाले लोग इस तरह पाप से पार कर जाते हैं।
Sandhi Notes
- श्रीवराह = श्री + वराह
- यन्माम् = यत् + माम्
- राजान्नस्योपभुञ्जकाः = राजान्नस्य + उपभुञ्जकाः
Varāha
Fearful (bhīru), seeking reassurance
Dharma is knowable through truthful instruction (tattvena); fear is met with clear remedial knowledge.
When in doubt about doṣa, rely on śāstric prāyaścitta under competent guidance rather than despair.
Varāha reassures Bhū-devī, acknowledging her fear, and introduces the means of crossing the fault of rājānna-bhojana.
Varāha prefaces an authoritative prāyaścitta teaching: there exists a specific means by which eaters of royal food ‘cross beyond’ the fault.
Following the prescribed means removes the doṣa; neglect leaves the doṣa unresolved.
Varāha Purāṇa 130.23 (specific expiations listed); Varāha Purāṇa 130.24 (normative caution against rājānna)
FAQs
It introduces a formalized expiatory framework in Purāṇic discourse, linking social acts (consumption under royal patronage) to ritual remedies.
No location is specified in this line.
Ethical and ritual accountability is framed as addressable through prescribed corrective practices rather than mere personal assertion of purity.
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