Varaha Purana 205.29: Adhyaya 205, Shloka 29
Description of the Proclamation of Auspicious and Inauspicious Karmic Results
ब्राह्मणार्थे गवार्थे वा राष्ट्रार्थे निधनङ्गतः ॥ शक्रस्य ह्यमरावत्यां निवेदयत मा चिरम् ॥
brāhmaṇārthe gavārthe vā rāṣṭrārthe nidhanaṅgataḥ || śakrasya hy amarāvatyāṃ nivedayata mā ciram ||
अगर कोई पंडितों के लिए, गाय के लिए या देश के लिए मर जाता है, तो उसके बारे में इंद्र को बताना, देर मत करना।
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It connects social duties (protection of learned communities, cattle wealth, and polity) with celestial recognition, offering evidence for how Purāṇic texts morally valorize public-spirited death.
Amarāvatī is named as Indra/Śakra’s celestial city (a cosmological location rather than a historical terrestrial site).
The verse praises self-sacrifice undertaken for communal goods—education/ritual specialists, agrarian-pastoral resources, and the state—framing it as highly meritorious.
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