Varaha Purana 195.7: Adhyaya 195, Shloka 7
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
मातृत्यागी पितृत्यागी यः स्वसाध्वीं परित्यजेत् ॥ गुरुद्वेषी दुराचारो दूताश्चाव्यक्तभाषिणः ॥
mātṛtyāgī pitṛtyāgī yaḥ svasādhvīṃ parityajet | gurudveṣī durācāro dūtāś cāvyaktabhāṣiṇaḥ ||
जो अपनी माँ को छोड़ दे, अपने बाप को छोड़ दे, या अपनी अच्छी बीवी को छोड़ दे। जो अपने गुरु से नफ़रत करे, बुरा काम करे, और जो दूसरों को भेज के गलत बात बोलें। ये सब भी उसी लिस्ट में हैं।
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It documents a normative ethical model emphasizing obligations to parents, spouse, and teacher—core social relations frequently highlighted in classical Indian legal-ethical literature.
No geographic reference is present in this verse.
It condemns abandonment of dependents and hostility toward teachers, presenting relational fidelity and clarity/trustworthiness in communication as ethical ideals.
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