Varaha Purana 138.12: Adhyaya 138, Shloka 12
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
बहून् भुक्त्वा हि वसुधे अजीर्णभृशपीडितः ॥ मरणं समनुप्राप्तः पतितः स्वेन कर्मणा
bahūn bhuktvā hi vasudhe ajīrṇa-bhṛśa-pīḍitaḥ || maraṇaṁ samanuprāptaḥ patitaḥ svena karmaṇā
यह इंसान ज़मीन पर बहुत खाता था। फिर उसे पेट की बड़ी प्रॉब्लम हो गई। आखिर में मर गया। अपने ही करम का फल भुगाता।
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It exemplifies Purāṇic didactic narrative: everyday bodily experience (illness) is framed within karmic causality, a common literary strategy in early medieval Sanskrit compendia.
No specific location is named in this verse; the wider passage later situates events near the Gaṅgā and Āditya-tīrtha.
The verse stresses personal responsibility: consequences are presented as arising from one’s own actions (svena karmaṇā).
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