Varaha Purana 202.73: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 73
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
जात्यन्तरसहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च ॥ शान्तिं न लभते चैव भूमे क्षेत्रहरो नरः
jātyantarasahasrāṇi prayutāny arbudāni ca || śāntiṃ na labhate caiva bhūme kṣetraharo naraḥ
जो आदमी किसी की ज़मीन छीन लेता है, वो हज़ारों जनम तक सुकून नहीं पाता। कितने भी जनम हो, उसका दिल शांत नहीं होता।
Varāha (addressing Pṛthivī; vocative bhūme)
FAQs
It preserves a strong normative stance against land appropriation, echoing broader South Asian legal-ethical concerns about property, boundaries, and social harm.
No specific place is named; ‘bhūme’ is a direct address to Earth as an interlocutor.
Illicit seizure of land is framed as a grave wrongdoing that yields prolonged inner unrest across many rebirths.
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