Varaha Purana 139.66: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 66
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
तर्पयस्व स्वमात्मानं कुरुष्व मम वै हितम्॥ श्वपाकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा ततः स ब्रह्मराक्षसः
tarpayasva svam ātmānaṃ kuruṣva mama vai hitam || śvapākasya vacaḥ śrutvā tataḥ sa brahmarākṣasaḥ
अपनी भूख मिटा ले। मेरा भला कर दे। उस आदमी की बात सुन के वो ब्रह्मराक्षस बोला।
Śvapāka (first half); narrative transition (second half)
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It marks a narrative hinge: the ethical appeal is completed and the response of the brahmarākṣasa is prepared, a common structuring device in Purāṇic storytelling.
No geographic location is mentioned.
The speaker frames his own welfare as tied to the other’s action, reinforcing the theme of voluntary self-giving grounded in a moral vow.
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