Varaha Purana 135.49: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 49
Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda
कुम्भीरो दश वर्षाणि पञ्च वर्षाणि सूकरः ॥ तावद्भ्रमति संसारे मम चैवापराधतः ॥
kumbhīro daśa varṣāṇi pañca varṣāṇi sūkaraḥ || tāvad bhramati saṃsāre mama caivāparādhataḥ ||
दस साल तक वो मगरमच्छ बनता है, पाँच साल तक सूअर। इतने टाइम तक वो जनम-जनम के चक्कर में घूमता है। क्योंकि उसने मुझसे गलती की है।
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It preserves a didactic karmic framework common in Purāṇas, using animal embodiments and fixed time spans to communicate the gravity of aparādha (offense).
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Transgression (aparādha) is portrayed as producing prolonged adverse consequences within saṃsāra.
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