Varaha Purana 155.39: Adhyaya 155, Shloka 39
The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha
Uttara Bhāga · Dharma–Pāpa Phala (Ethical Consequences) / Grave Sins Catalogue
तेषां पापेन लिप्येऽहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः ॥ ब्रह्मघ्ने च सुरापे च चोरे भग्नव्रते शठे ॥
teṣāṃ pāpena lipye’haṃ yady ahaṃ nāgame punaḥ || brahmaghne ca surāpe ca caure bhagnavrate śaṭhe ||
teShAM pApena lipye.ahaM yadyahaM nAgame punaH || brahmaghne cha surApe cha chaure bhagnavrate shaThe
अगर मैं वापस नहीं आया तो मुझे उनके पाप का दोष लगे। ब्राह्मण के हत्यारे, शराब पीने वाले, चोर, व्रत तोड़ने वाले, और धोखेबाज़ लोग।
Sandhi Notes
- लिप्येऽहं = लिप्ये + अहम्
- यद्यहं = यदि + अहम्
- नागमे = न + आगमे
Sudhana
Adharma is gradated; naming paradigmatic transgressions heightens conscience and binds intention (saṅkalpa) to action.
Use moral exemplars (what counts as ‘grave’) to calibrate one’s choices; treat vow-breaking and deceit as spiritually corrosive, not merely social faults.
The oath intensifies by invoking mahāpātaka-type sins (brahmahatyā, surāpāna, steya, vratabhaṅga, śāṭhya) as the penalty for breaking one’s pledged return.
Breach of promise is rhetorically equated with falling into the moral category and fate of grave sinners; keeping the promise preserves purity and trustworthiness.
Varāha Purāṇa 155.42 (oath begins); Varāha Purāṇa 155.44 (fate clause; narrative turn)
FAQs
It aligns with broader Indic ethical taxonomies of major transgressions, providing comparative material with Dharmaśāstra lists and other Purāṇas.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse.
It underscores accountability by invoking well-known categories of serious wrongdoing as benchmarks of moral consequence.
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