Varaha Purana 134.31: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 31
Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure
Upaspṛśya
Uttara Bhāga · Dharma-śāstric Ethics (Inner Dispositions and Further Instruction)
अहङ्कारविनिर्मुक्तं कर्मण्यभिरतं मम ॥ अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वरानने ॥
ahaṅkāra-vinirmuktaṃ karmaṇy-abhirataṃ mama || anyac ca te pravakṣyāmi tac chṛṇuṣva varānane ||
aha~NkAravinirmuktaM kamarNyabhirataM mama || anyachcha te pravakShyAmi tachChRRiNuShva varAnane
उसमें अहंकार बिल्कुल नहीं होना चाहिए। वो सिर्फ मेरे लिए काम करता रहे। और मैं तुम्हे एक और बात बताता हूँ, वो भी सुनो, सुंदर चेहरा वाली।
Varāha
Curious and receptive; being guided in discipline
How should one act—free of ego—so that action becomes devotion to the Lord?
Ahaṅkāra-vinirmukti and īśvara-arpita-karma: action offered to the Lord becomes a means of purification rather than bondage.
Before acting, relinquish ‘I am the doer’ and mentally dedicate the act and its fruit to Viṣṇu/Varāha; cultivate attentive listening to scriptural instruction.
Instructional address to Bhū-devī (vocative: varānane), inviting attentive listening.
Perform action for the Lord’s sake while abandoning ahaṅkāra (egoistic doership).
Ego-free devotion purifies action and aligns the doer with divine favor; ego-bound action perpetuates bondage.
Varāha Purāṇa 134.35–38 (anger and karmic descent as contrast to ego-free discipline)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic synthesis of ethical discipline (ego-reduction) with devotional orientation, echoing pan-Indic discussions of action and inner detachment.
No geographic location is named here.
Reduce egoism and commit to disciplined action aligned with a higher purpose.
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