Varaha Purana 24.21: Adhyaya 24, Shloka 21
The Birth of the Nāgas, Brahmā’s Curse, and the Pañcamī Observance
ब्रह्मोवाच । यदि नाम मया सृष्टा भवन्तः कुटिलाशयाः । ततः किं मनुजान् नित्यं भक्षयध्वं गतव्यथाः ॥ २४.२१ ॥
brahmovāca | yadi nāma mayā sṛṣṭā bhavantaḥ kuṭilāśayāḥ | tataḥ kiṃ manujān nityaṃ bhakṣayadhvaṃ gatavyathāḥ || 24.21 ||
ब्रह्मा बोले, अगर मैंने तुम्हे सच में टेढ़ी सोच से बनाया है, तो फिर क्या हुआ? तुम लोग इंसानों को खाते क्यों रहते हो? तुम्हे कोई दुख नहीं है क्या?
Brahmā
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It reflects a common Purāṇic literary strategy: a creator-figure (here, Brahmā) addresses destructive beings to frame ethical responsibility within a cosmological narrative, emphasizing that origin does not justify ongoing harm.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is a moral-dialogic statement rather than a passage of sacred geography.
The verse questions the justification of continual violence against humans and implies moral accountability: even if one’s nature or origin is flawed, that does not legitimize persistent harmful action.
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