Varaha Purana 139.72: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 72
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
फलं गीतस्य मे देहि यदीच्छेर्जীৱितं स्वकम्॥ ततो मोक्ष्यामि कल्याण भक्ष्यामि न च भीषणः॥
phalaṃ gītasya me dehi yad īccher jīvitaṃ svakam || tato mokṣyāmi kalyāṇa bhakṣyāmi na ca bhīṣaṇaḥ ||
अपने गाने का फल मुझे दे। अगर अपनी जान बचानी है तो यह कर। फिर मैं तुझे छोड़ दूंगा, अच्छा आदमी। मैं तुझे नहीं खाऊंगा, डर मत।
Brahmarākṣasa
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It reflects a widespread South Asian narrative motif of puṇya (merit) being requested or transferred, valuable for comparative study of ritual economy and moral imagination.
No location is mentioned in this verse.
The verse raises the ethical tension between coercion and merit: devotional acts are framed as valuable, yet the demand for their ‘fruit’ is made under threat.
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