Varaha Purana 195.14: Adhyaya 195, Shloka 14
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
मिथ्या च नखरोमाणि धारयन्ति च ये नराः ॥ कूटा वक्रस्वभावाश्च कूटशासनकारिणः ॥
mithyā ca nakharomāṇi dhārayanti ca ye narāḥ | kūṭā vakrasvabhāvāś ca kūṭaśāsanakāriṇaḥ ||
जो झूठ के नाख और बाल पहनते हैं दिखावा के लिए। जो धोखेबाज़ हैं और टेढ़ी सोच रखते हैं। और जो झूठ के फैसले करके लोगों को परेशान करते हैं।
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It connects personal deception (false external marks) with institutional deception (fraudulent rulings), illustrating how moral texts extend integrity from the individual to governance.
No geographic location is referenced.
It condemns falsification—both in personal presentation and in authoritative decision-making.
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