Varaha Purana 139.113: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 113
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
यदीच्छेत्सिद्धिकल्यानं मङ्गलं च मम प्रियम्॥ धर्माणां परमो धर्मः क्रियाणां परमा क्रिया॥
yadīcchet siddhi-kalyāṇaṃ maṅgalaṃ ca mama priyam || dharmāṇāṃ paramo dharmaḥ kriyāṇāṃ paramā kriyā ||
अगर कोई चाहता है कि उसका काम हो जाए, उसकी लाइफ ठीक रहे, और सब कुछ अच्छा हो, यह मुझे पसंद है। यह सब धरम में सबसे बड़ा धरम है। और सब कामों में यह सबसे बड़ा काम है।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment)
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