Varaha Purana 22.17: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 17
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यद्येनं नापकर्षामि मकरॆण जले धृतम् । तदानिं ब्रह्मवध्याऽ मे भवतीति न संशयः ॥ २२.१७ ॥
yady enaṁ nāpakarṣāmi makareṇa jale dhṛtam | tadānīṁ brahmavadhyā me bhavatīti na saṁśayaḥ || 22.17 ||
अगर मैं इसे पानी से बाहर नहीं निकालती, मकर ने इसे पकड़ा है अंदर। तो ब्राह्मण मारना जैसा पाप मेरे सर पर पड़ेगा। इसमें कोई शक नहीं है।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not provided in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical idiom in which immediate action to prevent harm is framed as a dharmic obligation, using the culturally recognized category of grave transgression (brahma-hatyā/brahmavadhyā) to emphasize moral urgency.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the setting is described generically as “in the water” (jale), with an aquatic creature (makara) as the narrative marker.
The verse foregrounds accountability: failing to rescue someone in immediate danger is portrayed as incurring severe moral culpability, stressing prompt protective action as a key philosophical instruction.
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