Varaha Purana 138.31: Adhyaya 138, Shloka 31
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
नाहं वाणिज्यमिच्छामि कृषिगोरक्षमेव च ॥ न च सर्वातिथित्वं वा मम चित्ते प्रसज्जति ॥
nāhaṁ vāṇijyam icchāmi kṛṣi-gorakṣam eva ca || na ca sarvā-tithitvaṁ vā mama citte prasajjati ||
मैं बिज़नेस नहीं करना चाहता। खेती और गाय पालना भी नहीं। मेहमान आए उनको खिलाना, यह भी मेरा काम नहीं।
Son (the boy; continuing response)
FAQs
It lists prominent economic and social duties (trade, farming, cattle-tending, hospitality), providing a compact catalog of household ideals against which renunciant preferences are contrasted.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
Clarifying personal vocation by refusing socially normative roles when they do not align with one’s inner disposition.
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