Varaha Purana 195.25: Adhyaya 195, Shloka 25
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
किं च किंच तु कुर्वाणाः किंच किंच समाचरन्॥ न चेतो लभते जन्तुच्छादितं पूर्वतेजसा॥
kiṃ ca kiṃ ca tu kurvāṇāḥ kiṃ ca kiṃ ca samācaran || na ceto labhate jantuś chāditaṃ pūrvatejasā
लोग बहुत तरीकों से ट्राई करते हैं। यह भी करते हैं, वो भी करते हैं। लेकिन दिमाग साफ नहीं होता। पिछले करम का असर इतना होता है कि समझ में कुछ नहीं आता।
Varāha (default, not explicit in fragment)
FAQs
It shows a Purāṇic idiom for explaining constrained agency: mental clarity is obstructed by residual forces from prior actions or states.
No geographic location is named; the verse is psychological-ethical rather than topographical.
It implies that ethical transformation requires more than restless activity; one must address the underlying causes that veil discernment.
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