Varaha Purana 155.32: Adhyaya 155, Shloka 32
The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha
Uttara Bhāga · Dharma-śāstric Ethics (Interpersonal harm and repudiation)
पूर्वं भुक्त्वा स्त्रियां यस्तु सुखमाप्य विहृत्य च ॥ द्वेषात्तां यदि चेज्जह्यात्तस्यायं मे भवत्वलम् ॥
pūrvaṃ bhuktvā striyaṃ yastu sukhamāpya vihṛtya ca | dveṣāt tāṃ yadi cej jahyāt tasyāyaṃ me bhavatv alam ||
pUrvaM bhuktvA striyaM yastu sukhamApya vihRRitya cha || dveShAttAM yadi chejjahyAttasyAyaM me bhavatvalam
अगर कोई आदमी औरत के साथ सुख उठाता है, मज़े करता है। फिर नफरत में उसको छोड़ देता है। उसका पूरा पाप मेरे ऊपर आना चाहिए।
Sandhi Notes
- yastu = yaḥ + tu
- sukhamāpya = sukham + āpya
- dveṣāt tāṃ = dveṣāt + tām
- cej = cet (before voiced consonant)
- jahyāt tasyāyaṃ = jahyāt + tasya + ayam
- bhavatv alam = bhavatu + alam
Varāha
Pleasure without responsibility becomes violence; hatred-driven abandonment is adharma.
Honor commitments and consent; avoid exploiting relationships; cultivate compassion and accountability in intimate conduct.
To enjoy a woman and then abandon her out of hatred is condemned as a serious breach of interpersonal dharma and responsibility.
The act accrues heavy pāpa and social-spiritual downfall; the speaker invokes taking on that full consequence as an oath-penalty.
Varāha Purāṇa 155.32 on kāma-moha as drivers of sexual misconduct; 155.33–34 oath-imprecation pattern
FAQs
It illustrates Purāṇic moral critique of exploitative relationships, emphasizing accountability and condemning repudiation motivated by hostility after seeking pleasure.
No geographic location is identified.
It censures using another person for pleasure and then abandoning them out of hatred, framing such conduct as morally blameworthy.
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