Varaha Purana 137.181: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 181
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
भर्त्तारं च समासाद्य रहस्तां गोपयन्ति न ॥ कृत्वा सुदुष्करं कर्म रागलोभप्रमोहिता
bharttāraṁ ca samāsādya rahastāṁ gopayanti na || kṛtvā suduṣkaraṁ karma rāgalobhapramohitā
और जब वो अपने पति के पास गई, उसने छुपाया नहीं। उसने एक बहुत मुश्किल काम किया था। राग और लोभ में फंस कर वो भूल गई थी।
Narrator (speaker not explicit; narrative description)
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It reflects a Purāṇic moral psychology where actions are traced to afflictive motives (rāga, lobha), a theme shared across Sanskrit ethical literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
To recognize how passion and greed can distort judgment and lead to harmful or burdensome actions, shaping subsequent consequences in narrative logic.
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