Varaha Purana 21.66: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 66
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
Pūrva Bhāga · Pr̥thivī-uddhāra / Dialogic Instruction (Contextual Apology and Forgiveness)
अदर्शनेऽनयद् देव मूढविज्ञानतोऽधुना । कृतमस्माभिरेवेश तदत्र क्षम्यतां प्रभो ॥ २१.६७ ॥
adarśane 'nayad deva mūḍha-vijñānato 'dhunā | kṛtam asmābhir eveśa tad atra kṣamyatāṃ prabho || 21.67 ||
adarshane.anayad deva mUDhavij~nAnato.adhunA | kRRitamasmAbhirevesha tadatra kShamyatAM prabho || 21.67 ||
भगवान, हमें समझ नहीं थी, इसलिए हमने गलत कर दिया। जो भी हमने किया है, उसको माफ कर दो प्रभु। हमें गलत समझ में आगया था।
Sandhi Notes
- अदर्शनेऽनयत् = अदर्शने + अनयत्
- मूढविज्ञानतोऽधुना = मूढविज्ञानतः + अधुना
- अस्माभिरेवेश = अस्माभिः + एव + ईश
Pṛthivī
Contrite, burdened by error, seeking absolution
How can the fault born of deluded understanding be forgiven, and obscurity/non-perception be removed?
Misapprehension (mūḍha-vijñāna) veils truth (adarśana); humility and surrender reopen right-seeing.
Acknowledge cognitive/moral error, correct intention, and explicitly ask forgiveness before resuming dharmic action or inquiry.
Confess wrongdoing born of moha/ajñāna and seek kṣamā (forgiveness) from the Lord as a purificatory act.
Seeking forgiveness with humility mitigates demerit and restores clarity; persisting in delusion sustains bondage and moral obscuration.
Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame (confessional/appeal passages in adjacent stuti-prakaraṇa)
FAQs
It exemplifies a common Purāṇic rhetorical pattern: a subordinate interlocutor acknowledges error (often framed as mūḍha-vijñāna, “misguided understanding”) and requests kṣamā (forgiveness), reflecting ethical self-regulation within didactic dialogue.
No geographic toponym appears in this verse fragment; it functions as a moral-psychological statement rather than a sacred-geography marker.
The verse foregrounds accountability and correction: recognizing that actions may arise from confused understanding and explicitly seeking forgiveness as a means of restoring proper order in discourse and conduct.
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