Varaha Purana 203.31: Adhyaya 203, Shloka 31
Enumeration and Description of Classes of Sins and Their Consequences
मिथ्याप्रलापिनामेषामुक्ता क्लेशपरम्परा ॥ स्तेयहारं प्रहारं च नीतिहारं तथैव च
mithyāpralāpinām eṣām uktā kleśaparamparā || steyahāraṃ prahāraṃ ca nītihāraṃ tathaiva ca
झूठ बोलने वाले लोगों के लिए एक के बाद एक तकलीफ आती है। चोरी होना, मारना-पीटना, और सही काम करना छोड़ देना। यह सब उनके साथ होता है।
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It demonstrates an ethical-legal style common to Purāṇic and Dharma literature: listing predictable social harms that follow from habitual dishonesty.
No geographic reference appears in this verse.
False speech is treated as a root-cause for cascading harms—criminality, violence, and loss of right conduct—therefore it should be avoided.
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