Varaha Purana 195.11: Adhyaya 195, Shloka 11
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
परवित्तापहारी च राजघाती च यो नरः ॥ अशक्तः पापघोषश्च तथा ये ह्यग्निजीविनः ॥
paravittāpahārī ca rājaghātī ca yo naraḥ | aśaktaḥ pāpaghoṣaś ca tathā ye hy agnijīvinaḥ ||
जो किसी और का पैसा चुराता है, और जो राजा को मारता है। जो कर नहीं सकता फिर भी बुरा काम करता रहता है। जो पाप फैलाता है, और जो आग से अपना पेट भरता है।
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By pairing theft and regicide with stigmatized forms of livelihood, the verse shows how Purāṇic moral catalogues connect private crime with threats to political stability and social trust.
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It condemns stealing, violence against rulers, and forms of conduct framed as publicly normalizing wrongdoing.
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