Varaha Purana 137.2: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 2
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
Uttara Bhāga · Dharma–Rājya-vairāgya (Ethics of renunciation and kingship)
मम किं तात राज्येन कोशेन च बलेन च ॥ यस्त्वया रहितस्तात न शक्नोमि विचेष्टितुम्
mama kiṁ tāta rājyena kośena ca balena ca || yas tvayā rahitas tāta na śaknomi viceṣṭitum
mama kiM tAta rAjyena koshena cha balena cha || yastvayA rahitastAta na shaknomi vicheShTitum
पिता जी, मुझे राज्य से क्या लेना? खजाने से क्या, और ताकत से भी क्या? आप बिना मैं कुछ भी नहीं कर पाता। आप नहीं हो तो मैं हिल भी नहीं पाता।
Sandhi Notes
- यस् + त्वया → यस्त्वया
- रहितस् + तात → रहितस्तात
- (verse punctuation ignored)
Pṛthivī
FAQs
It reflects a recurring Purāṇic narrative motif: the critique of royal power when set against personal duty and relational ethics, illustrating how kingship is framed as secondary to dharma and attachment.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment.
A philosophical preference for relational duty and inner stability over political authority and material resources.
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