Varaha Purana 195.10: Adhyaya 195, Shloka 10
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
भूम्यामनृतवादी च वेदजीवी च यो द्विजः ॥ नक्षत्री च निमित्ती च चाण्डालाध्यापकस्तथा ॥ सर्वमैथुनकर्ता च अगम्यागमने रतः ॥ मायिका रतिकाश्चैव तुलाधाराश्च ये नराः ॥ सर्वपापसुसङ्गाश्च चिन्तका येऽतिवैरिणः ॥ स्वाम्यर्थे न हता ये च ये च युद्धपराङ्मुखाः ॥
bhūmyāmanṛtavādī ca vedajīvī ca yo dvijaḥ | nakṣatrī ca nimittī ca cāṇḍālādhyāpakas tathā | sarvamaithunakartā ca agamyāgamane rataḥ | māyikā ratikāś caiva tulādhārāś ca ye narāḥ | sarvapāpasusaṅgāś ca cintakā ye 'tivairiṇaḥ | svāmyarthe na hatā ye ca ye ca yuddhaparāṅmukhāḥ ||
जो ज़मीन के बारे में झूठ बोले, और जो वेद पढ़ के पैसे कमाए। जो ग्रह नक्षत्र बताए, शगुन देखे, और चांडालों को पढ़ाए। जो किसी के साथ संबंध बनाए, जहाँ नहीं बनाना चाहिए। जो धोखेबाज़ हैं, ऐसे लोग जो तराज़ू में फरेब करें। जो पाप में फंसे हैं, जो बड़े दुश्मनी करें। जो अपने मालिक के लिए जान न दें, और जंग में भाग जाएं। ये सब का नाम लिया गया है।
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It compiles a broad moral inventory spanning land disputes, professional ethics, sexual norms, commercial honesty (weights/measures), and loyalty in warfare—useful for studying social ideals and anxieties reflected in Purāṇic discourse.
No explicit location is named; the reference to bhūmi (land) is thematic rather than geographic.
It condemns falsehood, deceit, sexual misconduct, dishonest trade practices, harmful associations, and dereliction of duty—framing them as socially corrosive behaviors.
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